§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of the budget of his Department and its predecessors has been spent on railways in each year from 1983–84 to 2005–06 (planned); and if he will make a statement. [101531]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe percentage of the total Departmental Expenditure Limit spent, or planned to be spent, on railways in each year from 1998–99 to 2005–06 is shown in the table. (Figures for earlier years are not comparable, owing to the introduction of Resource Accounting and Budgeting.)
Percentage 1998–99 28.7 1999–2000 22.3 2000–01 20.7 2001–02 28.2 2002–03 30.3 2003–04 35.2 2004–05 33.9 2005–06 36.8