The following table shows the total funding allocated to East Sussex council in the local transport capital settlements in each year between 1997-98 and 2006-07 (inclusive) in terms of (a) totals (b) per mile of road and (c) per head of population.
Total funding (£000) Funds per mile (£000) Funds (£ per head) 1997-98 9,047 4.29 18.21 1998-99 5,449 2.59 10.97 1999-2000 5,478 2.60 11.03 2000-01 8,043 3.82 16.19 2001-02 10,061 4.78 20.26 2002-03 10,767 5.11 21.68 2003-04 10,694 5.08 21.53 2004-05 11,955 5.67 24.07 2005-06 10,931 5.19 22.01 2006-07 10,473 4.97 21.09
The Government also support local transport authorities through the general revenue support and councils do spend some of this support on highways and transport services according to their own priorities. In addition, the Government are providing record levels of funding for railways infrastructure through the passenger franchises and by direct grant to Network Rail. This funding is not classified by local authority area, but all local authorities have benefited from work by Network Rail to address the rail infrastructure renewals backlog. Additional support for public transport over this period has seen East Sussex being awarded a total of £3,671,920 for eight bus project schemes which include both rural and urban bus challenge schemes and for 2007-08 they received £953,263 in rural bus subsidy grant. In addition East Sussex receives Bus Service Operator Grant (BSOG) and funding for concessionary fares (through the revenue support grant).