To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the regional distribution of spending by his Department over the three most recent financial years.
[holding answer 12 March 1990]: Two thirds of the Department of Transport's own expenditure on transport is spent on the national roads system; that expenditure can be broken down between the Department's own administrative regions, as shown in table 1·20 of "Transport Statistics Great Britain". Transport supplementary grant, though paid to local authorities rather than regions, can be broken down according to the geographical location of those authorities in DTp regions. Statistics for the three most recent available financial years are shown in the table.The balance of central Government expenditure, as shown in table 7·1 chapter 7 of the "Government's Expenditure Plans 1990–91 to 1992–93" (CM 1007) is neither planned nor controlled on a regional basis, so a comparable breakdown cannot he made.
Regional expenditure on motorway and trunk roads by DTp region | |||
1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987–88 | |
£ million | £ million | £ million | |
Northern | 24·0 | 24·5 | 53·1 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 47·6 | 65·1 | 83·1 |
North West | 54·1 | 83·4 | 88·9 |
West Midlands | 117·1 | 122·5 | 116·1 |
East Midlands | 73·4 | 72·9 | 65·2 |
Eastern | 197·2 | 171·2 | 118·6 |
South West | 47·0 | 64·5 | 98·2 |
South East | 136·0 | 86·3 | 183·8 |
London | 43·8 | 60·3 | 82·2 |
Notes:
1. Figures include some estimates
2. Sum of figures for England, differ from those voted in the Supply Estimates because of differences in sources.
Transport supplementary grant by DTp region
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1986·87
| 1987·88
| 1988·89
| |
£ million
| £ million
| £ million
| |
Northern | 9·76 | 10·70 | 12·24 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 14·46 | 14·69 | 12·91 |
North West | 23·31 | 24·28 | 15·15 |
West Midlands | 17·21 | 18·72 | 21·30 |
East Midlands | 12·93 | 13·13 | 12·03 |
Eastern | 5·27 | 7·52 | 6·15 |
South West | 14·31 | 15·68 | 19·05 |
South East | 34·49 | 36·45 | 40·37 |
London | 32·27 | 38·78 | 41·78 |
The sums involved are as follows:
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Privatisation
| 1981–82
| 1982–83
| 1983–84
| 1984–85
| 1985–86
| 1986–87
| 1987–88
| 1988–89
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11989–90
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11990–91
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Sales of Shares in National Freight Corporation | 151 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sale of Shares in Associated British Ports | — | 1,809 | 260 | 1,494 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sale of Shares in British Airways plc | — | — | 50 | 1,012 | 674 | 20,804 | 11,364 | 72 | 570 | 3 |
Sale of Shares in BAA plc | — | — | — | — | — | 564 | 41,149 | 3,095 | 17 | 1,500 |