To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is the level of the transport supplementary grant allocated to the Cheshire county council for 1991–92; and what was the comparable figure in cash and percentage terms for each of the preceding three years;

The net level of transport supplementary grant allocated to Cheshire county council and the percentage change on the preceding years are:

	Transport supplementary grant£ million	Per cent. change from previous year
1988–89	1·364	-28·4
1989–90	2·766	103·5
1990–91	4·154	49·6
1991–92	5·501	32·4

No provision has been made for the Wheelock bypass in Cheshire county council's transport supplementary grant for 1991–92. The main works for this scheme are scheduled to start in 1993–94 and it will therefore be considered for support in that and subsequent years.