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National Library of ScotlandThe Crown on the recommendation of the Scottish Universities, CSLL, COSLA.
Police (Scotland) Examination Board
ACPOS, ASPS, SPF.
River Purification Boards (7)
50 per cent. of membership appointed by Local Authorities. Rowett Research Institute
Aberdeen University, NFU(S), Scottish Agricultural College, the Royal Society or similar learned institution, the CBI or similar society.
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
The Crown on my sole recommendation.
Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
NFU(S), TGWU.
Scottish Community Education Council
The Board.
Scottish Council for Educational Technology
COSLA.
Scottish Film Council
By co-option by the Board.
Scottish Vocational Education Council
COSLA, the Board.
Forestry
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he will make it his policy to inform the public when a definitive date is known for the submission of the report of the
interdepartmental forestry review group to Ministers ;
(2) what parliamentary procedure he will adopt to enact the conclusions of the interdepartmental forestry review group once they have been presented to Ministers.
Sir Hector Monro : Once the forestry review group has submitted its confidential advice, early next year, Ministers will require some time to consider it and decide what action, if any, should be taken.
Mr. Kirkwood : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has for public and parliamentary consultation on the final report by the forestry review group before a decision is taken by Ministers.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 29 November 1993] : I expect to receive the review group's report in the new year. This report will remain confidential to Ministers. There will be full consultation of the general public and interested bodies on the options preferred by Ministers before matters are taken forward. The form and timing of consultation will depend on the advice which the review group offers Ministers and what conclusions Ministers draw from that advice.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what specific access agreements have been negotiated in respect of areas of Forestry Commission land in each of the last five years.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 13 December 1993] : The arrangements for securing continued access to woodlands sold by the Forestry Commission, by means of
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agreements entered into between the Commission and local authorities before their sale, were introduced in October 1991. The Commission has since concluded access agreements with local authorities for the following woodlands :
County/Region and |Area (hectares)
Woodland
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England
North Yorkshire
Gateforth East |28
Hazelwood |107
Moreby Wood |33
Sutton Wood |33
Scotland
Grampian
White Cow |444
Wales
Clwyd
Nant y Ffrith (lot 2) |52
Nant y Ffrith (lot 3) |24
Dyfed
Allt y Gwydre |14
Court Wood |19
Factory Wood |3
Penfarch |24
Taldrum Wood |5
Tan y Lan |32
Ty'r Dopa |14
Gwent
Coed y Nant |8
Graig Syddi |28
Powys
Tir y Gof |47
West Glamorgan
Dewy Wood |15
Nantystalwyn |44
Negotiations are still taking place in a number of other cases.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy in respect of the continuation of the right to roam on publicly owned forestry land in the Clydebank and Milngavie constituency.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 13 December 1993] : Our policy is to allow the public "freedom to roam" on all forestry land managed by the Forestry Commission, subject only to considerations of safety, conservation and any legal constraints. We have no plans to change that policy.
Mr. Worthington : To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what provision regarding freedom to roam has been attached to the offer for sale of public woodland between Glasgow and Loch Lomond ; and if he will make a statement.
Sir Hector Monro [holding answer 13 December 1993] : I assume that the hon. Member is referring to the proposed sale of Forestry Commission woodlands in the Kilpatrick hills which have been selected for sale as part of the Commission's current disposals programme. Consideration was given to securing continued public access to these woodlands after sale, by means of a prior agreement entered into between the Commission and the
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local authority under the arrangements introduced in October 1991. This did not prove possible, however, as the access routes to the woodlands are across land belonging to third parties, none of whom wished to participate in an agreement.AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
Government Car Service
Mr. Alan Williams : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the annual cost to her Department of the car service for Ministers in 1990-91 ; and how many vehicles were involved.
Mr. Jack : The cost of providing a car service to the Ministers in this Department was £186,375 in the 1990-91 financial year. Four vehicles were involved.
Forestry Commission
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list all the woods owned by the Forestry Commission in East Anglia.
Mr. Jack : I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Sherwood (Mr. Tipping) on 10 December 1993, Official Report , column 432 .
Fishing Fleets
Mr. Steen : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list the size of each of the 11 EC fishing fleets ; and what is the percentage difference in size between the United Kingdom and Spanish fleets.
Mr. Jack : The following figures on fleet sizes as at 1 January 1992 are derived from member states' MAGP decisions dated 21 December 1992, as amended.
|Number of vessels |Total gross |Total engine power
|registered tonnage|(in Kilowatts)
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Belgium |205 |27,089 |79,816
Denmark |2,749 |114,926 |488,278
France |7,393 |211,240 |1,189,849
Germany |Not given |78,341 |190,273
Greece |21,777 |129,313 |710,062
Ireland |Not given |52,912 |186,054
Italy |16,670 |267,471 |1,536,518
Netherlands |520 |140,460 |441,953
Portugal<1> |15,920 |187,993 |504,067
Spain |20,518 |657,680 |1,978,036
United Kingdom |11,411 |214,733 |1,228,922
<1>Includes Azores and Madeira.
The Spanish fleet, which includes vessels fishing in the Mediterranean and those fishing in third country waters and international waters, thus has 80 per cent. more vessels than the United Kingdom fleet.
Fur Farms
Mr. Pickthall : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans she has to introduce a ban on fur factory farms.
Mr. Soames : We are seeking the best possible welfare standards for all types of fur farming on a European Community basis.
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Vitamin supplements
Sir David Steel : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans she has to restrict the sale of vitamin supplements.
Mr. Soames : I have no plans at present to restrict the sale of vitamin supplements.
EC Surplus Food Scheme
Mr. Tipping : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what evaluation and monitoring is undertaken of charitable and non-profit making organisations involved in the distribution of produce to eligible recipients under the EC surplus food scheme.
Mr. Jack : Intervention Board executive agency officers annually inspect designated organisations' records and up to 30 per cent. of all organisations are visited by MAFF officers to check that produce is being distributed in accordance with the scheme's rules.
Brucellosis
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to her answer of 25November, Official Report, columns 120-22, if she will provide the most recent figures she has available giving the total number of cattle testing positive for brucellosis; how many contracted the disease outside the United Kingdom and from which countries; how many were sero-positive before being imported into the United Kingdom and if any of those originate from herds officially declared to be brucellosis free; if the cattle testing sero-positive were subject to tests for the disease within 30 days of their export to this country; if the certification which accompanied each consignment of infected cattle provided an accurate account of the health of each animal in the consignments bound for the United Kingdom; and if the certification was fully compliant with the EC rules in other respects.
Mr. Soames : I wish to take this opportunity to correct the information I gave in my reply of 25 November. The number of cattle which had reacted positively to serological tests for brucellosis at the time the answer was given was 29 not 21. There have been no further positive reactions since then.
As indicated in my earlier reply detailed epidemiological investigations to determine the source of infection are continuing. It is not therefore possible to say if any of the cattle contracted the disease outside the United Kingdom. All the imported animals were accompanied by certification confirming that they originated from officially brucellosis-free herds and ha0-13p -- Ewe Premium Quota
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will list the countries in the EC which have not used up their full allocation of ewe premium quota and list the number of unused units in each case ; and what steps she has taken, or is taking, to raise with the Commission the possibility of transferring the unused units of quota to the United Kingdom.
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Mr. Jack : Quotas operate for the first time under the 1993 sheep annual premium scheme. Payment details are not yet available for that scheme. I regret it is not possible to provide the information requested. More than one year's figures will be needed before conclusions can be drawn as to the long-term quota position in member states.
Farm Incomes
Dr. Strang : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proportion of livestock farmers in the less-favoured areas producing (a) a net farm income and (b) cash income of (i) less than zero, (ii) less than £5,000, (iii) £5,000 to less than £10,000, (iv) £10,000 to less than £15,000, (v) £15,000 to less than £20,000 and (vi) £20,000 and over at the latest available date.
Mr. Jack : The latest available information, which is in the Library of the House, relating to survey results for 1991-92, is published in table 1.17 of "Farm Incomes in the United Kingdom 1991-92". Data for 1992-93 are being analysed and will be published at the end of March 1994 in "Farm Incomes in the United Kingdom 1992-93", a copy of which will be placed in the Library of the House.
Marine Ecosystem
Mr. Morley : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action she will take to ensure that the United Kingdom biodiversity action plan will take account of the need to protect marine ecosystems and wildlife.
Mr. Jack : The Ministry aims to build on the steps it has already taken to protect the marine esosystem and wildlife, for example by extending the powers of sea fisheries committees to give them a firmer basis for taking account of environmental needs, and by phasing out the dumping of industrial and other wastes at sea. This and other policies of the Ministry will be reflected in the United Kingdom biodiversity action plan.
Mr. Morley : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will consult her ministerial colleagues to make sure that the national sustainable strategy will include a sustainable management system for marine fisheries.
Mr. Jack : Marine fisheries is one of the subjects addressed in the United Kingdom national sustainability strategy which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment proposes to publish in January 1994.
Sheep Quotas
Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what legislation is being proposed to assist producers in applying for an allocation of sheep quotas from the national reserve.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 3 December 1993] : The legislation governing the national reserve came into force on 7 December. Producers asking for an application form will be sent an accompanying explanatory leaflet that gives detailed guidance about how to fill in the application form. Further explanatory leaflets and notes for guidance will be prepared in due course. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland will be making separate arrangements in Scotland.
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The text of a letter sent to sheep producers in England which provides further guidance is available in the Library of the House.Mrs. Ray Michie : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations she has had concerning the administration and operation of the national reserve of sheep quotas ; what plans she has to extend the national reserve ; and what information she has in respect of the systems in force in each other European Union country.
Mr. Jack [holding answer 3 December 1993] : I have received a number of representations on this subject from both organisations and individual producers. The methodology for calculating the size of the national reserves is fixed under Community legislation which also sets out a number of categories of producers who have access to the reserves. The 1993 national reserve of sheep quota comprises some 380,000 units of quota. In addition, some 400,000 units of quota will be available for producers who claimed premium for the first time under the 1992 scheme. The reserves for 1994 and subsequent years will be made up almost entirely of siphoned quota. Each member state is bound by the terms of the Community legislation and is obliged to implement the arrangements accordingly.
Salmon Prices
Mr. Spellar : To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action her Department is taking to ensure that the reference price for salmon to be introduced by the European Commission on 1 January 1994 is realistic.
Sir Hector Monro : I have been asked to reply.
Scottish Office officials have submitted detailed information on market prices and production costs to contribute to the Commission's decision on a reference price for salmon. They have met Commission officials to discuss that information in detail and have made representations that the reference price should be significantly higher than the recently imposed minimum import price.
TRANSPORT
British Transport Police
Mr. Trotter : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what arrangements he intends to make for the future organisation of the British Transport police from April 1994; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Freeman : The British Transport Police will continue, as a unified public force, to police Britain's rail network, including services to the London Underground and the docklands light railway. Police services will be provided to all railway operators, who will be obliged, through licence conditions, to use and pay for all law and order functions that require the use of professional police resources. Current functions include a range of activities in the prevention, investigation and detection of crime on the rail network, including safety, anti-terrorism, crime prevention and detection, public order, protecting public space and supporting the victims of crime.
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Operators will be consulted about the level of resources required, and will have discretion, as now, to use non-BTP resources for ancillary tasks such as the static guarding of premises, supervision of car parks and the escort of high value loads.The British Railways Board will remain the employer of the BTP for the time being. We intend to seek parliamentary approval at the earliest opportunity of the necessary legislation for Railtrack to become the employer of the BTP, until such time as Railtrack is privatised, when the BTP committee will become the employer. The employer of the BTP will remain responsible for its funding, and will recover costs from other operators by charging. It will be for the employer to ensure that all the appropriate charges are collected.
While BR remains the employer of the BTP, it will retain the responsibility for appointing the chairman and members of the BTP committee.
To enable the BR Board to provide services to other users of the police on a repayment basis, we shall lay before Parliament in the spring some amendments to the existing secondary legislation--the British Transport Police Force Scheme (Amendment) Order 1992.
Merchant Fleet
Mr. Ottaway : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures he is taking to assist the future development of the British merchant fleet ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. MacGregor : The Government's economic and fiscal policies, which have produced low interest rates, low inflation and low taxation, have benefited industry as a whole, including shipping. However, where I can, I am keen to bring forward additional measures which help the shipping industry.
Accordingly, following extensive public consultation, new regulations governing the registration of ships in the United Kingdom were made today and will shortly be laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration, etc.) Act 1993. These regulations represent a considerable simplification and consolidation of the existing mix of primary and secondary legislation which deals with the registration of merchant ships, small ships and fishing vessels, as well as the approval of names. I have no doubt that they will be welcomed by all who have to use them.
In addition the new regulations will, for the first time, allow bareboat chartered vessels to be brought on to the United Kingdom register for the duration of the charter period. I hope that this flexibility will encourage more British shipowners to fly the Red Ensign.
It is my intention that these regulations should come into force on 21 March 1994.
Secondly, I will shortly be consulting on changes to the current merchant navy office nationality rules. Under the new proposal the intention is that there should be no officer nationality requirements for United Kingdom registered ships except for certain "strategic" ships which will still be required to have a British, British Commonwealth, NATO or EC national as master.
I recognise that in allowing shipowners the option of employing non-United Kingdom officers, appropriate measures will be required to ensure that safety is not compromised. The proposed relaxation will, therefore, be accompanied by a scheme of licensing to ensure that all
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non-United Kingdom officers are not only professionally competent but have a good command of the English language and that masters have an appropriate level of understanding of British maritime law. A licence will be pre-requisite both to initial employment and to continuing employment on board a British flagged ship.When these two measures are introduced--which, subject to the consultation, should be no later than spring 1994--the Government will have given effect to all the recommendations of the 1990 joint working party on British shipping.
This Government have a strong commitment to the training of British seafarers which, we recognise, is of vital importance to the long-term health of the industry and to associated onshore maritime businesses.
The present Government assistance for training scheme is a very successful form of support for our merchant shipping industry. The scheme, which has its origins in the 1988 Merchant Shipping Act, allows financial support to be given towards the cost of training officers and ratings to the standard of a first certificate of competency for service in merchant ships. Since its inception almost 2,000 cadets have benefited from the scheme at the aggregate cost of £11.6 million.
But I recognise that it is now appropriate to offer additional help to encourage the introduction of NVQ/SVQ training for those at sea while at the same time creating a pool of British officers with a career structure which will take them from cadet to senior officer level. I have, therefore, decided to extend training support to British junior officers while they are studying for their higher certificates of competency. With on-board assessment it should be possible for trainees to reach class 2 levels of competency within 12-18 months.
The new scheme will initially be for a trial period of three years. Assistance will take the form of a per capita cash contribution. The £1.5 million which will be made available in the first year will be targeted at helping those cadets who have been through the GAFT scheme and who, therefore, hold a first certificate of competency. Priority will be given to junior officers employed on ships on the British register.
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Employment has not only been able to confirm his willingness to continue to support the GAFT scheme but has also been able to commit resources to ensure the successful launch and ongoing assessment of this NVQ/SVQ initiative. I believe that this package of measures represents further evidence of the Government's continuing commitment to the United Kingdom merchant fleet.
Capital Expenditure
Mr. Dunn : To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will announce the allocation of the transport supplementary grant and credit approvals for capital expenditure on local roads and transport in England for 1994-95.
Mr. MacGregor : This year we are taking all local expenditure together, in accordance with the new package approach to funding. A total of £1,008 million is to be allocated to local highway authorities and passenger transport authorities in England for capital expenditure on their local transport infrastructure in 1994-95. This consists of £329 million in transport supplementary grant
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--TSG--plus £666 million in annual capital guideline--ACG--and supplementary credit approval--SCA, and £13million in public transport facilities grant. With the help of capital reserves and developer contributions we therefore expect authorities to be able to spend considerably over £1,000 million in total.Tables 1, 2 and 3 deal with the roads element of the settlement. Table 1 sets out the national totals for different types of expenditure. Table 2 shows the total amounts of TSG, credit approval and gross approved expenditure for each of the 108 local highway authorities. The Department's regional offices are notifying them today of their allocations.
The Government resources available for local roads are some 11 per cent. less than in 1993-94, but are comparable with those for 1992-93. I am glad to announce that authorities will be able to make a start on 35 important road schemes. Thirty-one will be accepted for TSG and four will be supported with only credit approvals. The new major schemes will, like the 234 others that continue to receive support, relieve communities from the burden of heavy through traffic, and help economic regeneration in towns.
Road safety remains a high priority. Within the reduced overall total, the level of funding for local safety schemes has been maintained at the record 1993-94 level of £50million. Local authorities continue to make good use of the funds. The 1994-95 allocation should finance schemes with potential to save over 60 lives and prevent about 750 serious injuries and some 4,000 other casualties in a 12-month period.
The £137 million accepted expenditure for bridge maintenance--the same level as last year--should allow authorities to keep up the momentum of this vital work. It has not yet been possible to establish a satisfactory way to help British Rail fund their share of the cost of assessing their road bridges. To avoid further delay on this important work it has been decided that in 1994-95 it should be funded from allocations to local highway authorities. Within the unchanged total for bridges, the distribution of allocations for 1994-95 takes account of this extra responsibility.
This is the first year in which urban transport packages have featured in the local transport settlement. The submission of packages has been optional in this settlement : but from next year packages are expected to become the norm for urban areas. In submitting a package bid, authorities are required to base proposals on a coherent transport strategy which covers all relevant modes of transport.
The settlement will allow a number of packages to get off to a strong start. Two packages submitted this year for metropolitan areas--the West Midlands and Leeds--have been allocated significant levels of funding. In addition, we are giving substantial support to a number of shire town packages.
The public transport settlement makes £103.577 million available, in addition to the funds provided for packages, and cover for ERDF. The Government's substantial commitment to the South Yorkshire Supertram continues, and there is continued funding for the Leeds/Bradford electrification. New starts include the next phase of the Robin Hood Line in Nottinghamshire and renewal of the electrical and traction equipment of the Blackpool tramway.
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Table 1
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Existing commitments
New major TSG schemes
Maintenance of principal roads
Bridges
Local safety scheme SCA
Block SCA for minor works
Package SCA
Scheme-specific SCA
IDA
ERDF SCA
Total
Table 2
Local authority capital expenditure on roads
1994-95
£ million
|Government grant|Total borrowing |Gross approved
|(TSG) |approval |spending
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Counties
Avon |7.320 |10.230 |18.750
Bedfordshire |1.910 |3.127 |5.037
Berkshire |2.426 |5.699 |10.203
Buckinghamshire |0.945 |2.311 |3.256
Cambridgeshire |2.244 |4.362 |6.716
Cheshire |8.794 |11.433 |21.989
Cleveland |4.216 |6.710 |12.702
Cornwall |5.036 |6.202 |11.260
Cumbria |1.803 |2.946 |4.927
Derbyshire |1.811 |3.115 |5.175
Devon |4.066 |5.854 |9.920
Dorset |2.258 |3.700 |5.958
Durham |4.607 |5.921 |11.203
East Sussex |3.154 |4.676 |8.260
Essex |7.757 |11.561 |19.318
Gloucestershire |2.595 |4.542 |8.302
Hampshire |10.192 |16.236 |28.264
Hereford and Worcester |1.179 |2.328 |3.647
Hertfordshire |5.019 |6.984 |12.011
Humberside |5.822 |9.749 |17.385
Isle of Wight |0.363 |2.619 |2.982
Kent |43.616 |48.157 |94.074
Lancashire |9.550 |14.368 |26.351
Leicestershire |1.257 |4.635 |7.603
Lincolnshire |2.611 |4.821 |7.432
Norfolk |4.902 |8.256 |14.275
Northamptonshire |2.457 |3.678 |6.135
Northumberland |3.569 |4.207 |7.776
North Yorkshire |4.298 |8.904 |15.614
Nottinghamshire |4.326 |6.292 |10.715
Oxfordshire |0.000 |3.096 |5.167
Shropshire |1.262 |2.940 |4.481
Somerset |3.271 |5.615 |10.460
Staffordshire |5.861 |8.555 |14.416
Suffolk |3.579 |5.758 |9.337
Surrey |10.863 |14.282 |26.095
Warwickshire |1.611 |2.893 |4.504
West Sussex |2.625 |4.043 |7.013
Wiltshire |0.705 |2.518 |4.000
Metropolitan Districts
Bolton |1.424 |2.032 |3.694
Bury |0.860 |1.406 |2.266
Manchester |9.654 |14.013 |24.684
Oldham |1.360 |2.881 |5.115
Rochdale |0.874 |1.546 |2.420
Salford |1.032 |1.917 |2.949
Stockport |2.141 |2.606 |4.834
Tameside |0.712 |1.214 |1.929
Trafford |3.827 |5.857 |11.399
Wigan |0.336 |0.904 |1.414
Knowsley |3.764 |10.130 |19.498
Liverpool |2.572 |3.446 |6.018
St. Helens |0.209 |0.513 |0.722
Sefton |0.274 |0.848 |1.122
Wirral |0.963 |1.980 |3.083
Barnsley |2.674 |3.619 |6.667
Doncaster |2.437 |3.428 |6.248
Rotherham |1.613 |2.606 |4.802
Sheffield |5.286 |10.369 |20.146
Gateshead |0.000 |0.939 |1.351
Newcastle upon Tyne |3.442 |4.801 |9.255
North Tyneside |0.529 |1.163 |1.692
South Tyneside |0.350 |0.880 |1.319
Sunderland |0.569 |2.144 |3.733
Birmingham |15.749 |18.912 |36.093
Coventry |3.835 |7.462 |14.401
Dudley |4.408 |5.441 |9.849
Sandwell |2.288 |2.792 |5.080
Solihull |1.428 |1.773 |3.201
Walsall |7.854 |8.742 |17.034
Wolverhampton |7.483 |9.790 |18.857
Bradford |2.817 |4.230 |7.215
Calderdale |1.442 |1.970 |3.412
Kirklees |1.857 |5.222 |7.079
Leeds |6.981 |10.647 |18.507
Wakefield |1.344 |2.077 |3.421
London Boroughs
City of London |0.305 |1.444 |1.749
Barking and Dagenham |0.269 |0.863 |1.132
Barnet |0.330 |2.272 |2.602
Bexley |3.342 |4.322 |8.022
Brent |0.829 |1.914 |2.743
Bromley |0.556 |1.339 |1.895
Camden |1.542 |2.522 |4.064
Croydon |1.859 |3.184 |5.045
Ealing |0.000 |2.234 |3.269
Enfield |1.909 |3.077 |5.507
Greenwich |0.948 |1.590 |2.613
Hackney |0.648 |2.059 |3.347
Hammersmith and Fulham |1.457 |4.059 |5.516
Haringey |0.718 |2.441 |3.159
Harrow |1.760 |4.462 |8.594
Havering |0.154 |0.714 |0.868
Hillingdon |0.000 |3.223 |5.129
Hounslow |2.103 |3.462 |5.599
Islington |0.703 |2.424 |3.127
Kensington and Chelsea |0.061 |0.798 |1.153
Kingston upon Thames |1.251 |2.104 |3.505
Lambeth |0.501 |1.227 |1.728
Lewisham |1.675 |5.553 |9.877
Merton |0.000 |1.345 |1.727
Newham |4.033 |6.368 |11.174
Redbridge |0.546 |1.143 |1.689
Richmond upon Thames |0.331 |1.605 |1.936
Southwark |1.282 |2.551 |3.842
Sutton |0.373 |1.836 |2.318
Tower Hamlets |1.927 |3.446 |5.373
Waltham Forest |0.455 |1.746 |2.510
Wandsworth |2.132 |4.269 |6.401
Westminster |1.166 |2.316 |3.709
Note: Gross approved expenditure exceeds the sum of grant and borrowing approval if an
authority holds unused grant from previous years.
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Table 3
Authority |Scheme
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New TSG major schemes
Kent |A289 Gillingham northern link
Kent |A289 Wainscott northern bypass
Avon |Avon ring road stage 2 (B4465 Shortwood to A420 Warmley)
Cornwall |A390 Probus bypass
Devon |A386 Hatherleigh bypass
Somerset |A39-A371 Wells relief road
Wiltshire |A350 East Knoyle bypass
Birmingham |A34-A435 South Birmingham improvements (phase 1)
Staffordshire |A50 Uttoxeter bypass (phases 1 and 2)
Cheshire |A533 Davenham bypass
Salford |A5063 Trafford road (The Quays-White City)
Trafford |A5063 Trafford road improvement
Cleveland |A173-A174 Skelton and Brotton bypass
Durham |A691 Witton Gilbert bypass
Northumberland |A189 Kitty Brewster bridge duplication
Doncaster |A630 Wheatley Hall road dualling
Leeds |Leeds city centre loop road (phase 3)
Wakefield |A628 Hemsworth bypass
Derbyshire |A6 London road diversion, Derby
Northamptonshire |A45-A605 dualling, Higham Ferrers-Stanwick
Nottinghamshire |A6096 Awsworth and Cossall bypass
Nottinghamshire |A6117 Mansfield eastern outer ring road (phase 2)
Bedfordshire |A507 Arlesey-Stotfold bypass
Cambridgeshire |A1123 Needingworth bypass
Hertfordshire |A121 Cheshunt link road
Norfolk |A143 Brockdish-Needham bypass
Suffolk |A143 Rickinghall-Botesdale bypass
Greenwich |A206 Woolwich road improvement
Harrow |A409 Sheepcote road widening
Kingston |A240 north-south corridor improvements, Kingston
Other schemes (non TSG)
Essex |A134 Colchester eastern approaches (stage 1)
Essex |B1013 access road to Southend
Lincolnshire |A16 Gosberton link to Spalding bypass
Staffordshire |A50 Victoria place link, Stoke on Trent
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