Transport Funding (Buckingham)

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding has been awarded to projects affecting the Buckingham constituency from the (a) rural transport partnership, (b) transport grant scheme, (c) rural bus challenge fund, (d) rural transport development fund, (e) rural bus subsidy grant and (f) urban bus challenge fund in each year since their inception; and what the nature of the project and level of funding was in each case. [108516]

I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 8 January 2002, Official Report, column 594–96W.Details of awards made within the county of Buckinghamshire, but not included in that reply are given in the following table. Records are not kept of awards by individual parliamentary constituencies.

Since April 2001 the Government has provided £191,457 of grant funding to Buckinghamshire. The schemes are listed below:
(a) Rural Transport Partnership	Alternative Transport guide—£10,420 Voluntary car schemes—£12,034 Dial-a-ride services—£8,762 Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (RTP)—£86,612 Rural Dial-a-ride—£11,040 Walkways and cycleways—£33,321 Aylesbury Vale Greenways research—£18,018 Explore the Chilterns—£11,250
Since April 2001 the Government has provided £23,121 of funding to Buckinghamshire. The schemes are listed below:
(b) Parish Transport Grant Scheme	Four villages transport—£21,840 Tax Bus Service— £1,281
(c) Rural Bus Challenge Fund	2001—02—No award to Buckinghamshire in 2001 2002—03—£350,000 for services in the Wycombe area
(d) Rural Transport Development Fund	The Rural Transport Development Fund (RTDF) scheme was merged with the Rural Transport Partnership fund in April 2001
(e) Rural Bus Subsidy Grant¹	2002–03—£837,352
(f)Urban Bus Challenge Fund	No awards have been made in Buckinghamshire under the Urban Bus Challenge fund
¹ RBSG is primarily for the support of new or enhanced rural bus services. In 2001–02 Buckinghamshire provided 46 services with the aid of the grant.

Volume 403: debated on Thursday 10 April 2003