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Shropshire

Volume 472: debated on Wednesday 20 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the value was of each grant provided by her Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental public bodies to (a) Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council, (b) Shropshire county council and (c) Telford and the Wrekin borough council in (i) 2006-07 and (ii) 2007-08; and what grants have been planned for 2008-09. (184098)

The Department has provided grants and funding allocations for Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council, Shropshire county council and Telford and Wrekin borough council and has announced funding for 2008/09 as shown in the following table.

£000

DfT Funding

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Shrewsbury and Atcham borough council1

Special grant for concessionary fares

2391

Shropshire county council

Integrated transport capital allocation

4,476

4,388

4,425

Maintenance capital maintenance allocation

13,859

14,322

13,386

Capital grant for de-trunked roads

880

1,810

291

Resource grant for de-trunked roads

645

661

677

Major schemes - A53 Hodnet Bypass

209

Transport Innovation Fund pump priming

477.3

3377.8-

Specific road safety grant

885.12

917.41

Rural bus challenge

130

6

Rural bus subsidy grant

1,032

1,056

1,083

Kerbcraft child pedestrian training scheme

24.29

Links to school

38

Telford and Wrekin borough council

Integrated transport capital allocation

2,259

2,191

2,154

Maintenance capital maintenance allocation

1,808

1,687

1,923

Capital grant for de-trunked roads

210

260

Resource grant for de-trunked roads

119

122

126

Rural bus subsidy grant

124

127

131

Special grant for concessionary fares

2513

1 Most funding for the Shrewsbury and Atcham area is allocated to Shropshire county council, which then determines its distribution.

2 Provisional amounts.

3 To date only part of this payment has been paid, outstanding payment still to be made.

Information on grants provided by the Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies is held by the bodies themselves. This information is not held centrally.