Overall spending in 2008-09 is forecast to be £18,101 million. Of this the Department for Transport has earmarked £20 million specifically for cycling schemes (which is 0.1 per cent. of the overall budget). Spending on encouraging bus use (including Bus Service Operators Grant, Concessionary Fares and other items) was £703.5 million, which corresponds to 3.9 per cent. of overall spend.
In addition expenditure such as Sustainable Travel and Integrated Transport grants amounted to £3,927.1 million (21.7 per cent.). This incorporates an element for encouraging cycling and bus use that cannot be separately identified.