Transport: Lancashire Mr. Evans To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding the local transport authority in Lancashire received (a) in total, (b) per mile of road and (c) per head of population in each year since 1997. Gillian Merron The following table shows the total funding allocated to Lancashire council in the local transport capital settlements in each year between 1997-98 and 2006-07 (inclusive) in terms of (a) totals (b) per mile of road and (c) per head of population. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Total funding (£000)|Funds (£000) per mile|Funds (£ per head)| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1997-98 |11,006 |2.23 |7.67 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1998-99 |7,155 |1.66 |6.21 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1999-2000 |9,681 |2.25 |8.4 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2000-01 |11,532 |2.68 |10 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2001-02 |27,830 |6.49 |24.15 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-03 |30,730 |7.16 |26.67 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |25,388 |5.92 |22.03 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-05 |29,209 |6.81 |25.35 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |25,865 |6.03 |22.45 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006-07 |27,211 |6.35 |23.62 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:The 1997-98 figures include Blackpool and Blackburn, which were part of Lancashire pre-reorganisation.| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------