To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much funding his Department allocated for transport connections to nature parks in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last five years. (280225)

Funding provided by the Department for Transport to local transport authorities is not generally ring-fenced and local authorities have discretion to spend their allocations in line with their priorities. Figures are not available at constituency level.

The Department provides integrated transport block and highways maintenance funding to local transport authorities to support capital investment in transport, which may be used for a range of purposes as the authorities see fit. Allocations provided to Essex since 2004-05 are shown in the following table.