Merseytravel: Per Capita Costs Mrs. Curtis-Thomas To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding per head of population was allocated to Merseytravel in each year since 1993, expressed in (a) cash and (b) real terms. Ms Rosie Winterton The Government have specifically allocated funding for rail franchise payments, local transport capital funding and some other transport revenue grants to Merseytravel (as shown in tables 1 to 3 respectively, with totals in table 4). Rail figures prior to franchising (i.e. prior to 1997-98) are not readily available. All four tables show the cash allocated, the cash per head of population (based on the Office for National Statistics’ population figure of 1,367,000 for 2005) and the funding per head of population expressed in terms of 1987 prices (using the retail price index). Most revenue support for Merseytravel for public transport (other than rail franchise payments) is included in the revenue support grant allocated to the district councils, on which Merseytravel levies. This is not included in the figures because the Government does not specify how much of the revenue support for the district councils should be for Merseytravel. ------------------------------------ | | |(£ per head)| ------------------------------------ | |Cash (£000)|Cash |Funding 1987 prices| ------------------------------------ |1997-98 |72,025 |52.69 |33.45| ------------------------------------ |1998-99 |65,702 |48.06 |29.50| ------------------------------------ |1999-2000|60,389 |44.18 |26.71| ------------------------------------ |2000-01 |58,331 |42.67 |25.06| ------------------------------------ |2001-02 |88,161 |64.49 |37.21| ------------------------------------ |2002-03 |90,845 |66.46 |37.72| ------------------------------------ |2003-04 |91,731 |67.1 |37.01| ------------------------------------ |2004-05 |83,111 |60.8 |32.56| ------------------------------------ |2005-06 |72,561 |53.08 |27.65| ------------------------------------ |2006-07 |86,915 |63.58 |32.10| ------------------------------------ |2007-08 |90,337 |66.08 |31.99| ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ | | |(£ per head)| ------------------------------------ | |Cash (£000)|Cash |Funding 1987 prices| ------------------------------------ |1993-94 |14,908 |10.91 |7.75| ------------------------------------ |1994-95 |6,812 |4.98 |3.46| ------------------------------------ |1995-96 |8,626 |6.31 |4.23| ------------------------------------ |1996-97 |5,679 |4.15 |2.12| ------------------------------------ |1997-98 |9,466 |6.92 |4.40| ------------------------------------ |1998-99 |7,190 |5.26 |3.23| ------------------------------------ |1999-2000|8,423 |6.16 |3.73| ------------------------------------ |2000-01 |8,286 |6.06 |3.56| ------------------------------------ |2001-02 |15,800 |11.56 |6.67| ------------------------------------ |2002-03 |18,343 |13.42 |7.62| ------------------------------------ |2003-04 |21,797 |15.95 |8.79| ------------------------------------ |2004-05 |30,574 |22.37 |11.98| ------------------------------------ |2005-06 |19,679 |14.40 |7.50| ------------------------------------ |2006-07 |17,012 |12.44 |6.28| ------------------------------------ |2007-08 |18,903 |13.83 |6.69| ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------ | | |(£ per head)| ------------------------------------------ | |Cash (£000)|Cash |Funding 1987 prices| ------------------------------------------ |1993 to 1997-98|0 |0.00 |0.00| ------------------------------------------ |1998-99 |83 |0.06 |0.04| ------------------------------------------ |1999-2000 |83 |0.06 |0.04| ------------------------------------------ |2000-01 |83 |0.06 |0.04| ------------------------------------------ |2001-02 |320 |0.23 |0.14| ------------------------------------------ |2002-03 |1,021 |0.75 |0.42| ------------------------------------------ |2003-04 |1,259 |0.92 |0.51| ------------------------------------------ |2004-05 |1,117 |0.82 |0.44| ------------------------------------------ |2005-06 |415 |0.30 |0.16| ------------------------------------------ |2006-07 |327 |0.24 |0.12| ------------------------------------------ |2007-08 |685 |0.50 |0.24| ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ | | |(£ per head)| ------------------------------------ | |Cash (£000)|Cash |Funding 1987 prices| ------------------------------------ |1997-98 |81,491 |59.61 |37.85| ------------------------------------ |1998-99 |72,975 |53.38 |32.77| ------------------------------------ |1999-2000|68,895 |50.40 |30.47| ------------------------------------ |2000-01 |66,700 |48.79 |28.65| ------------------------------------ |2001-02 |104,281 |76.28 |44.02| ------------------------------------ |2002-03 |110,209 |80.62 |45.76| ------------------------------------ |2003-04 |114,787 |83.97 |46.32| ------------------------------------ |2004-05 |114,802 |83.98 |44.98| ------------------------------------ |2005-06 |92,655 |67.78 |35.30| ------------------------------------ |2006-07 |104,254 |76.26 |38.50| ------------------------------------ |2007-08 |109,925 |80.41 |38.92| ------------------------------------