§ Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what grants were made available to(a) the Greater London Authority, (b) Transport for London, and (c) each London borough from his Department in each of the last four financial years. [163060]
§ Mr. McNultyThe Department for Transport has provided the following level of funding for Transport for London (TfL) through the GLA Transport Grant over the last four years:
£ million GLA Transport Grant 2000–011 396.161 2001–02 720.053 2002–03 1,024.118 2003–042 1,681.932 1ncludes funding for TfL's predecessor bodies in 2000–01 before the creation of TfL in July 2000. A further £95m of credit approvals were issued by the Government Office for London to London Boroughs for transport capital projects in 2000–01; such support was issued as grant to boroughs by TfL in subsequent years. 2nly includes funding for London Underground following its transfer to TfL in July 2003. Before then £872 million grant had been paid for 2003–04. The Department has not provided any direct funding to London boroughs for transport improvements following the creation of TfL, which is now responsible for allocating borough capital funding. Boroughs, however, do use some of their Revenue Support Grant allocation from the Office of Deputy Prime Minister to fund routine highway maintenance works, concessionary fare provision, and other local transport planning and management activities.