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Buses (New Delhi)

Volume 328: debated on Wednesday 31 March 1999

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions from which

Regeneration Expenditure by Government Office
£million
Government Office1994–951995–961996–971997–98Forecast 1998–99
Eastern14.69.48.511.711.3
East Midlands75.673.658.849.429.7
London320.8351.6336.5384.2314.8
Merseyside104.6105.4101.891.879.6
North East160.9151.8142.8146.282.6
North West148.8142.9142.4110.380.1
South East13.79.913.524.830.2
South West42.729.930.434.221.8
West Midlands176.1147.7141.6127.092.2
Yorkshire and the Humber161.5131.5128.6110.791.5
Total1,219.31,153.71,104.91,090.3833.8

departmental budget the cost of providing New Delhi with the buses which he offered on his recent visit will be met; and how much they will cost. [79055]

I made no offer of UK government funding for buses in New Delhi. However I offered to assist in any way I could in consideration by UK bus companies and the Indian authorities of ways of resolving the shortage of buses in the Indian capital.