§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding has been(a) budgeted for and (b) spent on the Transport Action Clean-Up programme in each financial year since 2001–02; and what the budget is for 2004–05. [157916]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe CleanUp programme is one of the Transport Energy programmes administered by the Energy Saving Trust (others include Powershift and the New Vehicle Technology Fund). As such, funding for CleanUp must be balanced against requirements for all the Transport Energy programmes. In total, the DfT allocated £26 million to these three programmes in 2003–4 and has committed the same amount for 2004–5. Grant and budget funding allocated to the CleanUp programme since 2001–2 is shown in the table.
£ million Clear up grants budget Clear up grants actual 2001–2 8.0 7.4 2002–3 10.0 8.4 2003–4 9.0 13.0 2004–5 7.0 n/a To meet the increase in demand in 2003–4, the Trust has redirected funding from marketing and promotional activities to help meet the additional spend on grants.