[holding answer 7 February 2008]: The following tables set out the funding allocated by the Department for Transport to Cheshire county council and Warrington borough council from 1997-98 to 2007-08 by purpose.
£000 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Capital Highway Maintenance 5,184 3,912 5,630 8,956 11,535 13,204 10,786 12,572 9,893 8,781 14,636 Capital Integrated Transport 3,725 935 2,316 2,800 7,300 7,479 9,224 10,164 8,507 8,111 8,301 Major Schemes 6,833 7,100 3,200 — 100 — — — — — — Links to School — — — — — — — 180 — — 117.5 School Travel Plan co-ordinator — — — — 30 30 30 — — — — Workplace travel plan coordinator — — — — 30 30 30 — — — — Rural bus subsidy grant — 612 612 612 782 895 914 947 985 1,009 1,033 Rural bus challenge — 16 632 — 945 620 552 — — — — Urban bus challenge — — — — — — 399 — — — — Kickstart (Bus Services) — — — — — — — — 998 — — Mixed Priority Route Road Safety Demonstration Project — — — — — — 1,000 1,000 — — — Specific Road Safety Grant — — — — — — — — — — 1,762 Cheshire Safety Camera Partnership — — — — — — 1,821 2,116 1,896 1— — Digital breath testing screening equipment — — — — — — — — — — 33 Detrunked Roads (Resource) — — — — — 1,652 1,831 1,877 2,013 2,158 2,212 Detrunked Roads (Capital) — — — — — 2,099 131 3,500 3,750 3,245 3,695 Total funding 15,742 12,575 12,390 12,368 20,722 26,009 26,719 32,356 28,042 23,304 31,789.5
£000 1997-982 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Capital Highway Maintenance — 1,312 1,474 1,755 2,357 2,474 2,837 2,991 2,729 2,649 3,493 Capital Integrated Transport — 222 704 900 2,000 2,168 2,177 2,952 2,000 1,920 2,064 Major Schemes — 1,534 — — 345 993 1,683 1,973 1,162 — — Cycle Projects Fund — — — — — — 1 — — — — Local Authority Cycle Training Grants — — — — — — — — — — 35 Rural bus subsidy grant — 60 60 60 76 87 89 108 112 115 118 Rural bus challenge — 5 60 — — — — — — — — Specific Road Safety Grant — — — — — — — — — — 392 Detrunked Roads (Resource) — — — — — 14 14 14 15 15 16 Detrunked Roads (Capital) — — — — — 827 — — — — — Total funding — 3,133 2,298 2,715 4,778 6,563 6,801 8,038 6,018 4,699 6,118 1 To be published shortly 2 Cheshire county council was the local highway authority for Warrington (and Halton) up to and including 1997-98
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.