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Transport: Expenditure

Volume 482: debated on Tuesday 4 November 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much (a) public investment, (b) private capital investment and (c) public resource expenditure was spent on (i) rail, (ii) strategic roads, (iii) London transport, (iv) local transport and (v) other transport in each year since 2000, in (A) nominal and (B) real terms. (232006)

The following table shows the public investment (capital) and public resource spending within the Department for Transport's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) on rail, strategic roads, London, local transport and other transport for each year since 2002-03. (Owing to classification, accounting and boundary changes comparable figures for earlier years are not available.)

£ million (nominal)

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Public investment (capital)

Rail

963

3,143

2,825

2,600

3,596

3,496

Strategic Roads

736

439

610

753

1,116

1,056

London

772

Local and regional transport

1,515

1,532

1,710

1,559

1,659

2,364

Other transport

139

119

77

83

132

135

Public resource expenditure

Rail

289

1,111

1,444

1,219

1,322

1,163

Strategic Roads

1,339

1,518

1,418

1,576

1,752

1,787

London

1,025

2,550

2,261

2,182

2,641

2,400

Local and regional transport

339

385

407

431

542

659

Other transport

475

545

545.

659

665

791

These figures do not include capital spending by local authorities funded through prudential borrowing, nor revenue spending by local authorities funded through general grant (paid by CLG) and council tax.

Data providing a comprehensive statement of private capital investment in these areas are not available.

The following table sets out the DEL spending shown above, expressed in real terms with a 2007-08 price base.

£ million (2007-08 prices)

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Public investment (capital)

Rail

1,101

3,487

3,051

2,752

3,706

3,496

Strategic Roads

841

487

659

797

1,150

1,056

London

883

Local and regional transport

1,732

1,700

1,847

1,650

1,710

2,364

Other transport

158

132

83

88

136

135

Public resource expenditure

Rail

330

1,232

1,560

1,290

1,362

1,163

Strategic Roads

1,531

1,684

1,532

1,668

1,805

1,787

London

1,172

2,829

2,442

2,309

2,721

2,400

Local and regional transport

388

427

439

457

558

659

Other transport

543

605

589

698

685

791