Written question asked by Linda Gilroy (Labour) on Monday, 28 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2005. It was answered by Charlotte Atkins (Labour) on Monday, 4 April 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what grants local authorities in the South West Region have been allocated for transport for the spending period (a) SR02, (b) SR03 and (c) SR04.

Answer: Linda Gilroy: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what grants local authorities in the South West Region have been allocated for transport for the spending period (a) SR02, (b) SR03 and (c) SR04. [224625] Charlotte Atkins: The total amount of supported transport capital funding and targeted transport revenue grants provided to the 15 local transport authorities in the South West Region between the years 2002-03 to 2004-05 was approximately £514 million. Capital maintenance and integrated transport schemes (each costing less than £5 million) are supported through Revenue Support Grant. Funding support for major schemes (each costing more than £5 million) has been provided through a combination of direct grants and borrowing supported through Revenue Support Grant. The following table sets out the grants for each year. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. South West-- Nature of funding 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Capital maintenance 82.343 83.194 96.103 Integrated transport block 59.15 58.8 61.598 Targeted bus grants1 15.980 12.374 9.855 Major schemes 9.498 9.443 15.656 Total 166.971 163.811 183.212 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes Rural Bus Subsidy Grant and Rural Bus challenge funding

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