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Felixstowe

Mr. George Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will announce a decision on the Port of Felixstowe. [26538]

Dr. Ladyman: The report of the public inquiry into the proposed Felixstowe South re-configuration is under careful consideration and an announcement will be made as soon as possible.

Departmental Funding

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding was allocated by his Department to Hemel Hempstead constituency for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last eight years. [25734]

Ms Buck: The Hemel Hempstead constituency is covered by the Hertfordshire county council local transport plan. The funding provided to Hertfordshire county council for local transport capital expenditure for each of the last eight years is shown in the following table.
Hertfordshire county council nature of funding

£ million
	Capital maintenance	Integrated block	Major schemes	Total
1998–99	2.179	1.809	.565	4.553
1999–2000	2.438	4.200	.220	6.858
2000–01	4.467	5.000	0	9.467
2001–02	10.083	12.500	0	22.583
2002–03	10.586	12.950	1.900	25.436
2003–04	7.939	14.170	1.409	23.518
2004–05	9.262	12.350	18.650	40.262
2005–06	8.596	12.600	14.200	35.396

Capital maintenance funding is allocated to local highways authorities for investment in their highway network, including their structures and street lighting. The integrated transport block is Government funding support for transport improvements schemes each costing less than £5 million and can be used for local highways or public transport capital projects. It has been for Hertfordshire county council to determine how these allocations were spent, in line with their local transport plan and their priorities.

Funding paid by the Department to Hertfordshire county council in the form of Rural Bus Subsidy Grant, and Rural Bus challenge funding since 1998 is shown in the following table.
Hertfordshire county council nature of funding

	£ million
	Bus grants
1998–99	.64
1999–2000	.73
2000–01	.65
2001–02	1.26
2002–03	.92
2003–04	.62
2004–05	.68
2005–06	.71

 
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The revenue support grant (RSG) from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister provides further revenue funding for highway maintenance, concessionary fares and subsidising bus services. However, RSG is unhypothecated and may be applied by local authorities to any services.

The Department's spend on railways can not be disaggregated by constituency.

Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding was allocated by his Department to (i) North East Lincolnshire and (ii) North Lincolnshire in each of the last five years. [25443]

Ms Buck: The funding provided to North Lincolnshire council and North East Lincolnshire council for local transport capital expenditure since 2001 is shown in the following tables:
North Lincolnshire county council

£ million
	Nature of funding
	Capital maintenance	Integrated block	Total
2001–02	2.468	1.200	3.668
2002–03	2.598	2.200	4.798
2003–04	2.109	2.900	5.009
2004–05	2.447	3.156	5.603
2005–06	2.554	2.700	5.254

North East Lincolnshire county council

£ million
	Nature of funding
	Capital maintenance	Integrated block	Major schemes	Total
2001–02	0.965	2.100	0.359	3.424
2002–03	0.970	4.700	0.158	5.828
2003–04	1.128	3.600	0.0	4.728
2004–05	2.067	3.220	0.0	5.287

Capital maintenance funding is allocated to local highways authorities for investment in their highway network, including their structures and street lighting. The integrated transport block is Government funding support for transport improvements schemes each costing less than £5 million and can be used for local highways or public transport capital projects. It has been for North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire councils to determine how these allocations were spent, in line with their local transport plan and their priorities.

Funding allocated by my Department to both North Lincolnshire council and North East Lincolnshire council in the form of Rural Bus Subsidy Grant and Rural Bus Challenge funding since 2001 is shown in the following table.
Bus grants

£ million
	North Lincolnshire	North East Lincolnshire
2001–02	.33	.05
2002–03	.38	.78
2003–04	.87	.06
2004–05	.39	.07
2005–06	.41	.08

 
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The Revenue Support Grant (RSG) from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister provides further revenue funding for highway maintenance, concessionary fares and subsidising bus services. However, RSG is unhypothecated and may be applied by local authorities to any services.

Humber Bridge

Shona McIsaac: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the toll for the Humber Bridge was in each year since its opening. [24772]

Dr. Ladyman: The following are the maximum tolls chargeable at the Humber Bridge since the confirmation of the initial toll order in 1980, with reference to the statutory instrument authorising the toll charges:
The Humber Bridge Tolls Order 1979 Confirmation Instrument 1980

Class of traffic	Maximum toll (£)
Motor cycles with or without side-cars	70p
Cars, including three wheeled cars, and Light Vans up to 30 cwt capacity	1.50
Light commercial vehicles (30 cwt to 3 tons). Cars and Light Vans with trailers	2.90
Heavy commercial vehicles (over 3 tons):
Class A (2 axle)	5.20
Class B (3 axle)	6.60
Class C (4 or more axles)	8.00
Mini-buses with a seating capacity of more than eight but not more than 16 passengers	2.90
Buses and coaches with a seating capacity of 17 and over.	5.20

The Humber Bridge (Revision of Tolls and Vehicle Classification) Order 1989

Toll charges (£)
1	Motor cycle with or without sidecar	70p
2	Car, Goods vehicle having a maximum weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.	1.60
3	Goods vehicle having a maximum weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes; vehicle within class 2 above with trailer; small bus; and Motor caravan.	2.90
4	Goods vehicle having a maximum weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes with 2 axles, Large bus.	6.50
5	Goods vehicle having a maximum weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes with 3 axles.	8.70
6	Goods vehicle having a maximum weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes with 4 or more axles.	10.90

The Humber Bridge (Revision of Tolls and Vehicle Classification) Order 1997

Toll charges (£)
1	Motor cycle with or without sidecar	1
2	Car, Goods vehicle having a maximum weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes.	2.30
3	Goods vehicle having a maximum weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes; vehicle in class 2 above with trailer; small bus (up to 16 passengers excluding driver); and Motor Caravan.	4.10
4	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 2 axles.	9.20
5	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 3 axles.	12.30
6	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 4 or more axles,	15.40

 
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The Humber Bridge (Revision of Tolls and Vehicle Classification) Order 2000

Toll charges (£)
1	Motor cycle with or without sidecar	1
2	Car, Goods vehicle having a maximum weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes and Motor Caravan	2.40
3	Goods vehicle having a maximum weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes; vehicle in class 2 above with trailer; and small bus (up to 16 passengers excluding driver).	4.30
4	Goods Vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 2 axles.	9.60
5	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 3 axles.	12.90
6	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 4 or more axles.	16.10

The Humber Bridge (Revision of Tolls) Order 2002

Toll charges (£)
1	Motor cycle with or without sidecar	1.10
2	Motor Car, Goods vehicle having a maximum weight not exceeding 3.5 tonnes and Motor Caravan	2.50
3	Goods vehicle having a maximum weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes; vehicle in class 2 above with trailer; and small bus (up to 16 passengers excluding driver).	4.50
4	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 2 axles.	10.00
5	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 3 axles.	13.40
6	Goods vehicle exceeding 7.5 tonnes maximum weight with 4 or more axles.	16.70

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