To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which road schemes in Gravesham have been paid for by funds raised from the Dartford River Crossing; and how much such funding was spent on these schemes in each of the last five years. (187077)

The Transport Act 2000 requires that all net revenues from the charging scheme at Dartford-Thurrock River Crossing are spent on transport. Revenues therefore increase the funding available for investment by the Department of Transport. This has helped to ensure delivery, for example, of schemes benefiting users of the Crossing, such as major improvements to the A2.

Since 2003, when the charging scheme was introduced, the Department has made available £1 million per year to Kent county council, and between £0.75 million and £1 million per year to Thurrock council, to help deliver local transport projects. This is in recognition of the impact of the Crossing on local residents. This funding is in addition to the regular local transport block allocations for Kent county council (which in 2007-08 totalled £36.7 million) and support for local authority major schemes, such as Kent Fastrack.

Kent county council's financial returns to the Department do not include a full breakdown of its actual expenditure between district areas, so it is not possible to provide figures for Kent's actual expenditure on roads in Gravesham district.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the latest ministerially-approved costs are of road schemes in the Highways Agency's Major Roads programme (a) in total and (b) broken down by individual scheme. (188495)

The following table lists all schemes in the Highways Agency's programme of Major schemes which were not opened to traffic as of 21 February 2008.