Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 4 March (WA 117), and given that the £18.8 billion allocated to London Transport between 2004–05 and 2010–11 in the 10-year transport plan covers the whole of London's transport, whether the statement in the London Olympic bid that "some of the more than £17 billion being invested in London's transport before 2012 will have a direct impact on games traffic" is accurate. [HL1785]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Lord McIntosh of Haringey)The £18.8 billion allocated in the ten year transport plan, while not tied to specific projects, will deliver improvements right across London and is accordingly bound to benefit Games traffic.