asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list in the Official Report the total amount of grant aid given to each county in the United Kingdom for all transport purposes, including road works, giving in each case the amount allocated for each type of aid, e.g., bus revenue support, road works, etc., and expressed as a percentage per head of population.
In England and Wales transport supplementary grant (TSG) is
| TRANSPORT SUPPLEMENTARY GRANT FOR 1976–77—ENGLAND | |||||||
| At November 1974 Prices | |||||||
| Accepted Expenditure £m. | Bus Revenue Support included in Accepted Expenditure £m. | Highway Maintenance included in Accepted Expenditure £m. | Grant £m. | Revaluation of grant to November 1975 Prices £m. | Grant in £/head population (November 1975 Prices) £/head | ||
| Greater London | … | 162·394 | 37·274 | 54·000 | 66·384 | 82·258 | 11·466 |
| Greater Manchester | 43·108 | 4·258 | 12·100 | 12·303 | 15·245 | 5·623 | |
| Merseyside | … | 25·797 | 3·337 | 8·200 | 7·474 | 9·261 | 5·768 |
| Tyne and Wear | … | 47·461 | 1·093 | 7·174 | 25·386 | 31·457 | 26·461 |
| West Midlands | … | 42·964 | 5·236 | 14·600 | 11·749 | 14·559 | 5·237 |
| South Yorkshire | … | 18·727 | 2·532 | 7·771 | 4·420 | 5·477 | 4·155 |
| West Yorkshire | … | 38·310 | 3·797 | 13·536 | 13·089 | 16·219 | 7·788 |
| Avon | … | 10·676 | 1·045 | 4·755 | 1·438 | 1·782 | 1·946 |
| Bedfordshire | … | 6·868 | 0·435 | 2·700 | 1·606 | 1·990 | 4·097 |
| Berkshire | … | 7·750 | 0·500 | 3·350 | 1·110 | 1·375 | 2·101 |
| Buckinghamshire | … | 5·551 | 0·620 | 3·100 | 0·605 | 0·750 | 1·507 |
| Cambridgeshire | … | 7·233 | 0·374 | 3·400 | 1·495 | 1·852 | 3·422 |
| Cheshire | … | 13·520 | 1·000 | 5·900 | 3·499 | 4·335 | 4·791 |
| Cleveland | … | 10·644 | 0·431 | 3·392 | 3·717 | 4·606 | 8·132 |
| Cornwall | … | 4·959 | 0·615 | 3·190 | 0·853 | 1·057 | 2·661 |
| Cumbria | … | 7·043 | 0·608 | 4·246 | 1·791 | 2·219 | 4·660 |
| Derbyshire | … | 10·529 | 0·798 | 5·400 | 1·487 | 1·843 | 2·065 |
| Devon | … | 13·845 | 0·600 | 7·580 | 3·571 | 4·425 | 4·766 |
| Dorset | … | 7·065 | 0·603 | 2·924 | 1·189 | 1·473 | 2·585 |
| Durham | … | 7·151 | 0·452 | 4·164 | 0·977 | 1·211 | 1·982 |
| East Sussex | … | 7·710 | 0·230 | 3·680 | 1·059 | 1·312 | 1·994 |
| Essex | … | 15·951 | 0·798 | 7·300 | 1·883 | 2·333 | 1·657 |
| Gloucestershire | … | 6·142 | 0·355 | 2·251 | 1·102 | 1·366 | 2·816 |
| Hampshire | … | 19·320 | 2·468 | 6·530 | 4·070 | 5·043 | 3·516 |
| Hereford and Worcester | 10·751 | 0·396 | 4·300 | 3·669 | 4·546 | 7·771 | |
| Hertfordshire | … | 14·221 | 1·901 | 6·100 | 3·736 | 4·629 | 4·907 |
| Humberside | … | 8·205 | 0·755 | 4·908 | 0·153 | 0·190 | 0·224 |
| Isle of Wight | … | 1·646 | 0·186 | 0·660 | 0·422 | 0·523 | 4·724 |
| Kent | … | 16·390 | 0·500 | 8·030 | 1·964 | 2·434 | 1·687 |
| Lancashire | … | 16·429 | 1·559 | 8·900 | 2·460 | 3·048 | 2·223 |
| Leicestershire | … | 10·840 | 0·720 | 4·500 | 2·122 | 2·629 | 3·171 |
| Lincolnshire | … | 6·570 | 0·257 | 5·100 | 1·179 | 1·461 | 2·816 |
| Norfolk | … | 8·176 | 0·409 | 4·000 | 1·437 | 1·781 | 2·739 |
paid on the total amount of eligible expenditure on local transport "accepted" for each county, and the GLC. Since TSG is a block grant in aid of an authority's aggregate of expenditure, its allocation to particular purposes is a matter for the individual authorities. The amount of grant, and the amount per head of population, allocated to each council in England for 1976–77 is set out in the table below. Included in the table are the amounts of expenditure accepted for TSG purposes for each county, together with the amounts for bus revenue support and highway maintenance expenditure taken into account by my right hon. Friend in fixing the totals.
The allocation of TSG to Welsh counties is determined by my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales. In Scotland, grant aid to local transport is given through the rate support grant. In Northern Ireland expenditure on transport is financed through central Government.
At November 1974 Prices
| |||||||
Accepted Expenditure £m.
| Bus Revenue Support included in Accepted Expenditure £m.
| Highway Maintenance included in Accepted Expenditure £m.
| Grant £m.
| Revaluation of grant to November 1975 Prices £m.
| Grant in £/head population (November 1975 Prices) £/head | ||
| Northamptonshire | … | 8·504 | 0·640 | 3·600 | 2·682 | 3·323 | 6·698 |
| Northumberland | … | 5·213 | 0·300 | 3·024 | 1·762 | 2·183 | 7·628 |
| North Yorkshire | … | 11·381 | 0·601 | 7·185 | 3·690 | 4·572 | 7·048 |
| Nottinghamshire | … | 13·063 | 1·857 | 4·900 | 2·696 | 3·341 | 3·415 |
| Oxfordshire | … | 5·373 | 0·319 | 2·400 | 0·233 | 0·289 | 0·540 |
| Salop | … | 5·389 | 0·300 | 2·600 | 1·434 | 1·777 | 5·010 |
| Somerset | … | 4·966 | 0·219 | 2·700 | 0·836 | 1·036 | 2·587 |
| Staffordshire | … | 17·401 | 1·912 | 5·100 | 5·653 | 7·005 | 7·074 |
| Suffolk | … | 7·039 | 0·633 | 3·200 | 1·191 | 1·476 | 2·604 |
| Surrey | … | 12·920 | 2·040 | 5·450 | 2·405 | 2·980 | 2·959 |
| Warwickshire | … | 4·568 | 0·300 | 3·400 | 0·103 | 0·128 | 0·273 |
| West Sussex | … | 7·640 | 0·520 | 3·500 | 1·290 | 1·598 | 2·596 |
| Wiltshire | … | 5·149 | 0·269 | 2·600 | 0·258 | 0·320 | 0·630 |
| TOTAL ENGLAND | … | 742·552 | 86·052 | 287·400 | 213·632 | 264·717 | 5·700 |