To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list the park and ride schemes which made a loss during the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what the amount of the loss was in each case; (142081)

Local authorities are responsible for funding most park and ride schemes and for monitoring their financial results. The Department for Transport does not request or require returns from local authorities about the financial performance of these schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many grants his Department gave for park and ride schemes in each year between 2000 and 2006. (142084)

Most park and ride schemes are implemented by local authorities at their discretion from the general transport funding provided by Government. In addition, the Department provides project-specific funding for the construction of larger transport schemes. Between 2000 and 2006, nine of these schemes have included elements of park and ride.

Funding for each scheme may span a number of years. The following table shows a breakdown of the nine schemes according to the year their funding began.