Transport written question – answered at on 24 June 2009.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what funding his Department has allocated to improve public transport in (a) Test Valley borough and (b) Southampton in 2009-10.
The Department for Transport allocates integrated transport block and highways maintenance funding to local transport authorities for capital investment in transport. Funding provided by the Department to local authorities is not generally ring-fenced and local authorities have discretion to spend their allocations in line with their priorities, such as the provision of public transport. Figures are not available at constituency level. The following table shows funding support for Hampshire and Southampton in 2009-10.
2009-10 (£ million) | |
Hampshire | 32.019 |
Southampton | 4.408 |
Revenue expenditure on transport is generally supported through the Department for Communities and Local Government's Formula Grant.
In 2008-09 and 2009-10 special grant funding is being provided by the Department for Transport to meet the additional cost of the new, England-wide concessionary bus travel. The allocations made for this purpose to Test Valley and Southampton for 2009-10 are shown in the following table.
Concessionary fares funding | |
2009-10 (£ million) | |
Southampton | 1.084 |
Test Valley | 0.231 |
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