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Dept for Transport

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Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what grants were made to (a) Hampshire county council, (b) Portsmouth city council and (c) Southampton city council for (i) new transport schemes and (ii) road maintenance in each of the last five years. [221753] Charlotte Atkins: [holding answer 15 March 2005]: The total allocations over the five years, from 2000-01 to 2004-05, follow. Hampshire has been allocated a total of approximately £139.6 million--of which £53.3 million has been provided for capital road maintenance, £77.2 million for new transport schemes and £9.1 million specific grants for bus services. Portsmouth has been allocated a total of approximately £21.4 million--of which £5.7 million has been provided for capital road maintenance and £15.7 million for new transport schemes. Southampton has been allocated a total of approximately £19.4 million--of which £6.8 million has been provided for capital road maintenance, £11.9 million for new transport schemes and £0.7 million specific grants for bus services. The funding provided directly to the three authorities, including a breakdown by year, is shown in the following table. It has been for Hampshire county, Southampton city and Portsmouth city councils to determine exactly how the allocation should be spent, in line with their local transport plans and their priorities. The funding has been provided through a mixture of direct grants and borrowing approvals supported through revenue support grants. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nature of funding 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Hampshire county council Capital maintenance 4.388 9.870 10.524 13.303 15.221 Integrated block 5.432 13.500 13.204 14.393 15.783 Major schemes -- -- 0.750 6.654 7.500 Targeted bus grants1 1.880 1.600 2.050 2.190 1.370 Total 11.700 24.970 26.528 36.540 39.874 Portsmouth city council Capital maintenance 0.579 0.803 0.835 2.296 1.149 Integrated block 0.796 2.100 3.470 2.282 3.002 Major schemes -- -- 1.200 2.888 -- Targeted bus grants -- -- -- -- -- Total 1.375 2.903 5.505 7.466 4.151 Southampton city council Capital maintenance 0.581 1.085 1.152 1.421 2.522 Integrated block 1.015 2.800 2.727 2.643 2.721 Major schemes -- -- -- -- -- Targeted bus grants2 -- -- 0.750 -- -- Total 1.596 3.885 4.629 4.064 5.243 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes Rural Bus Subsidy Grant and both Rural and Urban Bus Challenge funding 2 Includes Urban Bus challenge funding

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c254-6W;432 c252-4W; 221753

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Public transport Transport Roads Repairs and maintenance Southampton Hampshire Portsmouth

Contains statistics

Yes

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