Written question asked by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 January 2012. It was answered by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 10 January 2012 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Transport: Planned Public Expenditure

Question: (17) what the total planned public expenditure on the South Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit Phase 1 (Sheffield/Rotherham) scheme is in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14, (d) 2014-15, (e) 2015-16 and (f) 2016-17; and what the estimated date of completion is of the project;

Answer: The level of public expenditure per year on the schemes mentioned, as proposed by the local authorities, is as set out on the relevant Best and Final Funding Bid forms that they submitted. The forms are available through the following link:"http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/interoperability/final-funding-bids.pdf"For those schemes that the Government have now approved, the planned public expenditure is as proposed on the forms, with the following exceptions:The bids for A684 Bedale Aiskew and Leeming Bar ByPass and Manchester Cross City Bus included elements of contingency (or optimism bias) of £7.923 million and £11.272 million respectively which we do not consider to be planned expenditure.The estimated cost, and therefore the planned expenditure, for Morpeth Northern ByPass has been subsequently revised by the promoters to £30.105 million.A further private sector contribution of £0.432 million has been identified for the Worcester Integrated Transport Strategy, thereby reducing the planned public sector expenditure to £19.118 million.There may be additional elements of local authority expenditure on any of these schemes which were not included on the forms as they are outside the Department's definition of eligible scheme costs.

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