Written question asked by Kelvin Hopkins (Labour) on Thursday, 2 July 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 July 2015 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 July 2015 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Railways: Freight

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight operations from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.

Answer

Financial Support for rail flows was provided under the Rail Environmental Benefit Procurement Scheme (Intermodal) in 2009/10 and the Mode Shift Revenue Support (Intermodal) scheme in subsequent years.

The following table is an estimate of the funding awarded, including contributions from the Welsh Government, where appropriate.

Year

2009/10

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

Tilbury

£1,230,000

£1,468,000

£1,638,000

£1,740,000

£1,415,000

£1,196,000

London

Gateway

£ -

£34,000

£603,000

As funding is awarded on a zone to zone basis, it is not possible to give an exact assessment of funding for freight flows from individual ports.

There were no awards for rail freight operations during this period at either Tilbury or London Gateway through the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme, which was closed in England in 2011.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 5423
Session: 2015-16
Registered interest declared: Yes
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Freight Railways Roads London Gateway Port Port of Tilbury
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Railways: Freight

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