Local Government Finance: Cheshire Helen Southworth To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding has been allocated by her Department, its associated agencies and non-departmental bodies to (a) Warrington and (b) Cheshire in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the funding was in each case. Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 7 February 2008]: The following tables set out the funding allocated by the Department for Transport to Cheshire county council and Warrington borough council from 1997-98 to 2007-08 by purpose. -------------------------------------------------------- |£000 | -------------------------------------------------------- | |1997-98|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| -------------------------------------------------------- |Capital Highway Maintenance |5,184|3,912|5,630|8,956|11,535|13,204|10,786|12,572|9,893|8,781|14,636| -------------------------------------------------------- |Capital Integrated Transport |3,725|935|2,316|2,800|7,300|7,479|9,224|10,164|8,507|8,111|8,301| -------------------------------------------------------- |Major Schemes |6,833|7,100|3,200|—|100|—|—|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Links to School |—|—|—|—|—|—|—|180|—|—|117.5| -------------------------------------------------------- |School Travel Plan co-ordinator |—|—|—|—|30|30|30|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Workplace travel plan coordinator |—|—|—|—|30|30|30|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Rural bus subsidy grant |—|612|612|612|782|895|914|947|985|1,009|1,033| -------------------------------------------------------- |Rural bus challenge |—|16|632|—|945|620|552|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Urban bus challenge |—|—|—|—|—|—|399|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Kickstart (Bus Services) |—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|998|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Mixed Priority Route Road Safety Demonstration Project|—|—|—|—|—|—|1,000|1,000|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Specific Road Safety Grant |—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|1,762| -------------------------------------------------------- |Cheshire Safety Camera Partnership |—|—|—|—|—|—|1,821|2,116|1,896|1—|—| -------------------------------------------------------- |Digital breath testing screening equipment |—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|33| -------------------------------------------------------- |Detrunked Roads (Resource) |—|—|—|—|—|1,652|1,831|1,877|2,013|2,158|2,212| -------------------------------------------------------- |Detrunked Roads (Capital) |—|—|—|—|—|2,099|131|3,500|3,750|3,245|3,695| -------------------------------------------------------- |Total funding |15,742|12,575|12,390|12,368|20,722|26,009|26,719|32,356|28,042|23,304|31,789.5| -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |£000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1997-982|1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01|2001-02|2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Capital Highway Maintenance |—|1,312|1,474|1,755|2,357|2,474|2,837|2,991|2,729|2,649|3,493| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Capital Integrated Transport |—|222|704|900|2,000|2,168|2,177|2,952|2,000|1,920|2,064| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Major Schemes |—|1,534|—|—|345|993|1,683|1,973|1,162|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cycle Projects Fund |—|—|—|—|—|—|1|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Local Authority Cycle Training Grants |—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|35| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rural bus subsidy grant |—|60|60|60|76|87|89|108|112|115|118| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rural bus challenge |—|5|60|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Specific Road Safety Grant |—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|392| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Detrunked Roads (Resource) |—|—|—|—|—|14|14|14|15|15|16| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Detrunked Roads (Capital) |—|—|—|—|—|827|—|—|—|—|—| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total funding |—|3,133|2,298|2,715|4,778|6,563|6,801|8,038|6,018|4,699|6,118| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 To be published shortly2 Cheshire county council was the local highway authority for Warrington (and Halton) up to and including 1997-98| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on grants provided by the Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies is held by the bodies themselves. This information is not held centrally.