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Written question asked by Julia Goldsworthy (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 2 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 February 2009. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Monday, 9 February 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Freight: Grants

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total public resource allocated to the freight facilities grant scheme was for each year since 2000.
Answer

The Department for Transport and the then Strategic Rail Authority has allocated the following budget for Freight Facility Grants (FFGs) since 2000.

Freight facility grants: Budget
£ million
2000-01 32
2001-02 61.8
2002-03 50.5
2003-04 32.5
2004-05 9.7
2005-06 7
2006-07 7
2007-08 7
2008-09 4
2009-10 7
2010-11 10
2011-12 16
2012-13 20
2013-14 25

The SRA suspended the FFG programme for most rail projects in 2003, although grants continued to be available for aggregate-based facilities through the aggregates levy sustainability fund. FFGs were reintroduced for all rail schemes by the Department in 2007.Funding for the FFG programme was boosted in September 2008 with the announcement of a long-term increasing budget to provide certainty for potential applicants. This included £61 million of capital funding over three years from April 2011.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
487 c1601-2W; 254522
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Freight facilities grant
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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