Urban Bus Challenge competitions were held in 2001, 2002 and 2003 and a total of £53 million was awarded in those competitions. No new awards have been made under this scheme since 2003. Annual expenditure since 2003 on projects successful in the competitions has been as follows.
£ million 2003-04 11.1 2004-05 14.3 2005-06 7.1 2006-07 4.8 2007-08 1.9