Departments: East Sussex

Mr. Waterson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding her Department allocated to projects in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex in each of the last 10 years.

Ms Rosie Winterton
The following table shows the capital funding allocated to East Sussex county council in the local transport capital settlements from 1998-99 to 2007-08. From 2000-01 to 2007-08 the figures shown include block allocations for integrated transport block and highways capital maintenance, along with specific funding for major schemes.

For most of the funding it has been for the county council to decide on its distribution between Eastbourne and the rest of the county, according to its local policies and priorities.

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|         |£ million|
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|1998-99  |5.449    |
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|1999-2000|5.478    |
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|2000-01  |8.043    |
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|2001-02  |10.061   |
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|2002-03  |10.767   |
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|2003-04  |10.694   |
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|2004-05  |11.955   |
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|2005-06  |10.931   |
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|2006-07  |12.005   |
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|2007-08  |10.473   |
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