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Integrated Transport
Gordon Banks: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what plans he has for the development of an integrated transport system. [281129]
Mr. Khan: The Government are committed to promoting an integrated transport system through measures such as improved interchange, better passenger information and smarter ticketing.
Members: Correspondence
Sir Michael Spicer: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 30 April 2009, transferred from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, reference: 134438/SW on ecodiesel. [281101]
Mr. Khan: I replied to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire in my letter dated 12 June 2009.
Olympic Games 2012
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games; how many of them are working on (i) project management, (ii) legacy planning, (iii) project oversight and (iv) financial oversight; and what plans he has for future staffing levels in each case. [279818]
Mr. Khan: The Department for Transport has 9.25 full-time equivalent members of staff whose work relates wholly to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. Many other members of staff in the Department and its agencies are also contributing to delivery of the Government's objectives for the 2012 Games.
Roads: East of England
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) how much funding his Department allocated for the construction of highways in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; [280097]
(2) how much funding his Department allocated for the creation of additional lanes on highways in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [280098]
Mr. Khan: The following tables highlight how much funding the Department for Transport has allocated for the construction of highways and the creation of additional lanes on highways in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England Region in each year since 1997:
| Table 1: Mid- Bedfordshire | ||
| £ million | ||
| Highways agency schemes | Local major road schemes (including maintenance) | |
| Table 2: East of England (including Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Thurrock) | ||
| £ million | ||
| Highways agency schemes | Local major road schemes (including maintenance) | |
Transport: East of England
Nadine Dorries: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) how much funding his Department has allocated for the construction of bus lanes in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; [280095]
(2) how much funding his Department has allocated for the construction of bicycle paths in (a) Mid- Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement; [280149]
(3) how much funding his Department has allocated for the construction of footpaths in (a) Mid-Bedfordshire constituency and (b) the East of England in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. [280150]
Mr. Khan: 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, which may include bicycle paths, bus lanes and footpaths. Allocations provided to Bedfordshire and the Eastern Region since 1997 are shown in the table.
| £ million | ||
| Bedfordshire | Eastern region | |
| Note: Since 2000 the allocations comprise integrated transport block grant and highways maintenance. Prior to 2000 the allocations are in the form of gross approved spending. | ||
Revenue expenditure on transport is generally supported through the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Formula Grant.
The Department also provided specific funding for:
1. In 2008-09, the Department made available £117,000 to Bedfordshire and Luton borough for their Cycling Demonstration Town. In the same year, the East of England region was also allocated £548,000. This was made up of capital and revenue funding.
2. The cycling programme—‘Links to Schools’—set up in the East of England received capital funding from the Department. The amounts are stated in the table:
| £ | |
Transport: Finance
Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) how much his Department has spent on transport in (a) South Tyneside, (b) Tyne and Wear, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997; [279275]
(2) how much capital expenditure on roads there was in (a) the North East and (b) England in each year since 1997. [279325]
Mr. Khan: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 28 January 2009, Official Report, columns 535-6W.
In addition, I also refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr. Stuart) on 28 January 2009, Official Report, columns 534-536W. This provided tables showing the available data on regional expenditure on new construction/improvement and structural maintenance on motorways
and trunk roads, as well as regional expenditure on new improvement for highways, lighting, road safety and structural maintenance on local roads for 1999-2000 to 2006-07. The data do not enable new road construction to be identified as a separate category.
The Department has provided the following support for public transport major schemes in the north-east.
Stephenson Link (£6.444 million)
Four Lane Ends Interchange (£7.625 million)
Centrelink and Gateshead Interchange (£17.442 million)
NewcastleGateshead Quaylink (£4.74 million)
Eldon Square Bus Station (£10.970 million)
Durham Park and Ride (£9.163 million)
The Department has provided the following sums to support the operation of the Tyne and Wear Metro. It is not possible to split this expenditure between South Tyneside and the other Tyne and Wear local authority areas.
| £ million | |||
| Revenue support | Capital support | Total subsidy | |
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