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Written question asked by Stuart Andrew (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 November 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 November 2011. It was answered by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 23 November 2011 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport: Passengers

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much funding was allocated to passenger transport executives by (a) her Department and (b) other bodies in 2010-11;
Answer

In 2010-11 the Department for Transport allocated £566.16 million to passenger transport executives, either directly or via their respective integrated transport authorities. This includes funding for local major schemes and rail support but does not include the £70 million the Department provides to Merseytravel for the operation of the devolved Merseyrail network.The following table gives a breakdown of this figure by passenger transport executive:

Passenger transport executive Funding allocated (£000)
Centro (West Midlands) 37,584
Greater Manchester PTE 260,744
Merseytravel 39,820
Metro (West Yorkshire) 94,130
Nexus (Tyne and Wear) 85,138
South Yorkshire PTE 48,745
Total 566,161

While some of the variation in the above table will be due to the differing geographical sizes of the passenger transport executive areas (as well as other factors), funding for local major schemes has a large effect. For instance, Greater Manchester received £137 million in 2010-11 for local major schemes while four of the other passenger transport executives received no money.The Department does not hold information on funding allocated to passenger transport executives from other bodies.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
81953; 536 c418-9W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Passengers Transport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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