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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the capital projects agreed in Shrewsbury and Atcham to improve (a) bus services, (b) train services, (c) cycle routes and (d) other public transport investments since 1st May 1997 and their cost; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will list the capital projects agreed in Shrewsbury and Atcham to improve (a) bus services, (b) train services, (c) cycle routes and (d) other public transport investments since 1st May 1997 and their cost; and...
Asked by
Paul Marsden
(Labour)
Answered by
Keith Hill
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 May 2001
For answer on
10 May 2001
Answered on
10 May 2001
Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the capital projects
agreed in Shrewsbury and Atcham to improve (a) bus services, (b) train services, (c) cycle routes and (d) other public transport
investments since 1 May 1997 and their cost; and if he will make a statement. [160511]
Mr. Hill: [holding answer 9 May 2001]: The local transport (LTP) submitted by Shropshire county council in July 2000 set out a
strategy for five years to spend on: integrated transport schemes (e.g. measures to improve local transport, reduce congestion, and
promote walking and road safety); local road maintenance and bridge strengthening schemes; major public transport and road schemes
costing over £5 million (e.g. integrated town centre improvements, new bus corridors, and local road schemes).
Authorities have discretion about which transport schemes to fund, in line with the Objectives, priorities and targets identified in
the LTP, so it is not possible to list each individual project. However, I am pleased to say that over the five years from 1997-98
to 2001-02 the integrated transport plan for Shrewsbury has been allocated £3.86 million.
Subjects
Bus services; Capital investment; Public transport; Railways; Standards; Safety; Roads; Repairs and maintenance; Cycleways; Shrewsbury; Atcham
Date
10 May 2001
Reference
160511; 368 c256W;368 c256-7W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Keith Hill
(Labour)
Asked by
Desmond Swayne
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, What recent discussions he has had with local authorities regarding the introduction of congestion taxes.
Subjects
Fees and charges; Public transport; Roads; Taxation; Road traffic control; Tolls
Date
24 April 2001
Reference
367 c153-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
1st supplementary on same.
1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
Desmond Swayne
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 April 2001
Subjects
Fees and charges; Public transport; Roads; Taxation; Road traffic control; Tolls
Date
24 April 2001
Reference
367 c153-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Keith Hill
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Fees and charges; Public transport; Roads; Taxation; Road traffic control; Tolls
Date
24 April 2001
Reference
367 c153-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, What recent discussions he has had with local authorities regarding the introduction of congestion taxes.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, What recent discussions he has had with local authorities regarding the introduction of congestion taxes.
Asked by
Desmond Swayne
(Conservative)
Answered by
Keith Hill
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
3 April 2001
For answer on
24 April 2001
Answered on
24 April 2001
Subjects
Fees and charges; Public transport; Roads; Taxation; Road traffic control; Tolls
Date
24 April 2001
Reference
367 c153-4; 157183
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Business question on accident on A249, and the second half of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
Business question on accident on A249, and the second half of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
Member
Andrew Rowe
(Conservative)
Type
Business questions
Subjects
Accidents; Public transport; Roads; A249
Date
2 April 2001
Reference
366 c43
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if local authorites can bid for additional funding to that in their full local transport plan in their first annual progress reports for (a) major road schemes, (b) major public transport schemes and (c) integrated transport packages.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if local authorites can bid for additional funding to that in their full local transport plan in their first annual progress reports for (a) major road schemes, (b) major public transport schemes and (c) integrated transport packages.
Asked by
Michael Moore
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Keith Hill
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 February 2001
For answer on
1 March 2001
Answered on
1 March 2001
Mr. Moore: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if local authorities can bid for additional
funding to that in their full local transport plan in their first annual progress reports for (a) major road schemes, (b) major
public transport schemes and (c) integrated transport packages. [151556]
Mr. Hill: Authorities may bid for additional major road, public transport or integrated transport schemes as part of the process of
submitting their first annual progress reports (APRs) on their local transport plans. In certain circumstances, authorities will
also be able to bid for additional funding for smaller-scale integrated transport schemes. Details will be provided in the guidance
on APRs that we will issue to authorities shortly.
Subjects
Construction; Finance; Local government; Public transport; Transport; Roads; Local transport plans
Date
1 March 2001
Reference
151556; 363 c721W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the new light rail lines mentioned in paragraph 6.61 of the Transport 10 Year Plan, he forecasts will start to be built over the period 2001-02 to 2005-06; and what the forecast public expenditure...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many of the new light rail lines mentioned in paragraph 6.61 of the Transport 10 Year Plan, he forecasts will start to be built over the period 2001-02 to 2005-06; and what the forecast public expenditure...
Asked by
Laurence Robertson
(Conservative)
Answered by
Keith Hill
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 February 2001
For answer on
13 February 2001
Answered on
13 February 2001
Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) how many of the new light
rail lines mentioned in paragraph 6.61 of the 10-year transport plan he forecasts will start to be built over the period 2001-02 to
2005-06; and what the forecast public expenditure will be, including public resource and public investment, in the period on those
lines; [149110]
(2) how much of the money mentioned in paragraph 6.61 of the 10-year transport plan he forecasts will be spent over the period
2001-02 to 2005-06; and what will be the forecast public expenditure, including public resource and public investment, in that
period on those schemes; [149106]
(3) how many of the strategic road network schemes mentioned in paragraph 6.73 of the 10-year transport plan he forecasts will start
to be built over the period 2001-02 to 2005-06; and what the forecast public expenditure will be, including public resource and
public investment in the period on those schemes; [149107]
(4) how much of the support to urban and rural bus services mentioned in paragraph 6.61 of the 10-year transport plan he forecasts
will be spent over the period 2001-02 to 2005-06; and what will be the public expenditure, including public resource and public
investment, in that period on those schemes; [149105]
(5) how many of the trunk road by-passes mentioned in paragraph 6.73 of the 10-year transport plan he forecasts will start to be
built over the period 2001-02 to 2005-06; and what the forecast public expenditure will be, including public resource and public
investment, in the period on those schemes; [149108]
(6) how many of the schemes in the Highway Agency's targeted programme of improvement mentioned in paragraph 6.73 of the 10-year
transport plan he forecasts will start to be built over the period 2001-02 to 2005-06; and what the forecast public expenditure will
be, including public resource and public investment, in the period on those schemes. [149109]
Mr. Hill: [holding answer 6 February 2001]:
"Transport 2010: The 10 Year Plan" assumes that public expenditure on local transport in England in the period 2001-02 to 2005-06
will total £30.7 billion. Of this, £12.4 billion is capital expenditure, of which £8.4 billion will be provided to local authorities
outside London through local transport plans. Public resource expenditure is assumed to be £18.3 billion.
The plan assumes that £2.5 billion of public resource expenditure will be used to support urban and rural bus services in England
between 2001-02 to 2005-06. This figure excludes expenditure that the plan assumes the Mayor will provide for bus services in
London. In addition, local authorities outside London will be taking forward a number of major bus projects and will be using a
significant proportion of the capital resources available to them for smaller-scale schemes on bus-related measures.
Of the £30 billion of public expenditure to eliminate the backlog in local road and bridge maintenance, complete the bridge
strengthening programme and replace life-expired lighting on local roads over the 10-year plan period mentioned in paragraph 6.61 of
the plan, the plan assumes that revenue spending on highways maintenance by local authorities will be £10.1 billion in the period
2001-02 to 2005-06. A further £3 billion of capital expenditure for local road maintenance will be provided in this period to local
authorities outside London through local transport plans.
Paragraph 6.32 of the plan states that the specific schemes on the strategic road network to be progressed by the Highways Agency
over the period of the plan will depend on the outcome of the multi-modal studies and decisions taken in the context of regional
planning guidance. The only forecast that can be made about the number of schemes to be started in the period 2001-02 to 2005-06 is
in respect of those committed trunk road schemes currently included in the targeted programme of improvements. Contracts for 13 of
these schemes will be let in the current financial year (2000-01). The Agency expect contracts for a further 25 schemes, including
nine by-passes, to be let in the period 2001-02 to 2005-06, subject to completion of statutory procedures for 13 of these schemes.
The 10-year plan anticipates that public expenditure on the strategic road network will total £9.4 billion between 2001-02 and
2005-06. Of this, £5.7 billion will be capital expenditure and £3.7 billion will be resource expenditure.
The most advanced proposals for light rail schemes, which would deliver 13 new lines, are identified in paragraph 6.61 of the plan.
The current position on each of these projects is set out in table 1. There are also a number of other proposals which are at a less
advanced stage, including new systems in Merseyside and Hull and extensions to Midland Metro, Tyne and Wear Metro, Manchester
Metrolink, South Yorkshire Supertram and Nottingham Express Transit. Work on these proposals is not yet at a sufficiently advanced
stage to be able to forecast whether they could be under construction by 2005-06 or the level of public expenditure that might be
involved. However, the plan assumes that public capital expenditure on light rail outside London between 2001-02 and 2005-06 will
total £1 billion. The actual amounts will depend on progress with individual schemes and the funding packages agreed with promoters.
In London, it will be for the Mayor to decide priorities within the resources available to Transport for London.
Table 1: Progress on light rail lines
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Scheme Capital cost{ 1} (£ million, Government support{ 2} (£ State of progress
cash) million, cash)
Nottingham Express Transit {3}180 {3,4}180 Under construction
Tyne and Wear Metro: extension to 100 50 Under construction
Sunderland
Manchester Metrolink extensions: {5}513 {6}256 Construction to start in early
three lines (Oldham-Rochdale, 2002
Ashton under Lyne, Manchester
airport)
Docklands Light Railway: 98 {7}30 Construction could start in
extension to London City airport 2002 and be complete by the end
of 2004, subject to the outcome
of an application for Transport
and Works Act (TWA) powers
Midland Metro extensions: two 165 {8}-- Provisional view announced that
lines (Birmingham city centre, scheme passes economic
Wednesbury-Brierley Hill) appraisal. Construction could
start before 2005 subject to
outcome of an application for
TWA powers
Leeds Supertram (three lines) 434 {8}-- Economic appraisal under
consideration; announcement to
be made as soon as possible.
Construction could start before
2005
South Hampshire Rapid Transit 190 {8}-- Economic appraisal under
System consideration; announcement to
be made as soon as possible.
Construction could start before
2005 subject to the outcome of
an application for TWA powers
Bristol Light Rapid Transport 194 {8}-- Economic appraisal under
consideration; announcement of
provisional view to be made as
soon as possible. TWA powers
not sought yet. Construction
could start before 2005 subject
to the outcome of an
application for TWA powers
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Capital cost figures are in some cases estimates {2} Government support figures are for capital expenditure {3} PFI {4}
Government provide resource expenditure to support payments made under PFI deals {5} Total construction costs of the Metrolink
extensions {6} Government support may also include resource expenditure if a performance and availability payment regime is adopted
{7} Support for the DLR extension is being drawn from the Capital Modernisation Fund {8} No decision yet
Subjects
Capital investment; Finance; Public transport; Railways; Rapid transit systems; Transport; Roads
Date
13 February 2001
Reference
363 c110-2W;363 c110-3W; 149110;149106;149107;149105;149108;149109
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will announce details of the local transport capital settlement. - Includes table and ref to copies of press notice and a list of allocations for individual authorities have been placed in Library. (Dep 00/1920).
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, if he will announce details of the local transport capital settlement. - Includes table and ref to copies of press notice and a list of allocations for individual authorities have been placed in Library. (Dep 00/1920).
Asked by
Lawrie Quinn
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Prescott
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
12 December 2000
For answer on
14 December 2000
Answered on
14 December 2000
Mr. Quinn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will announce details of the local
transport capital settlement. [142833]
Mr. Prescott: The Government's Transport strategy and investment plans were set out in "Transport 2010: the 10-Year Plan", published
in July 2000. The 10-Year Plan provided the long-term framework for investment, which is now being implemented. It will put right
the effects of years of under-investment that this Government inherited. The 10-Year Plan provided for £59 billion of expenditure on
local transport--£30.6 billion of public revenue expenditure, £19.3 billion public capital investment, and £9 billion of private
investment.
This Local Transport Capital Settlement is the first five-year allocation from the £19.3 billion of public capital investment. The
total allocation for English local highways authorities outside London for the period 2001-02 to 2005-06 will be £8.4 billion. The
five-year allocation is as follows:
£ billion
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
LTP allocations Major schemes, integrated transport schemes, and maintenance
schemes
2001-02 1.36
2002-03 1.52
2003-04 1.67
2004-05 1,94
2005-06 1.93
Five year total 8.43
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Note: These figures do not sum exactly to total due to rounding.
Every authority will benefit from this significantly increased funding, which in 2001-02 represents a doubling over last year's
allocation for English authorities outside London, with further increases in subsequent years.
Using this funding, local authorities, working in partnership with local people, transport operators, businesses and interest
groups, will be able to make a real difference to the quality of transport in their areas.
In making these allocations, we have accepted, or provisionally accepted 67 new major schemes (those with a gross cost of over £5
million). These include 28 public transport and integrated transport schemes, including bus priority measures and guided bus
schemes, to make journeys faster and more reliable with major new interchanges, and 39 road schemes, such as local bypasses and
relief roads.
This allocation will also enable authorities to take forward the many smaller-scale improvements contained in their Local Transport
Plans. These include improvements to public transport, such as priority bus routes, improved integration, better access to bus,
rail, and light rail stations, more park and ride schemes, and improved waiting facilities at interchanges. They also include
schemes to make local roads safer and less congested, and measures to encourage cycling and walking.
Within the overall allocation, we have also made provision for authorities to repair local roads and bridges, as announced on 13
November 2000, Official Report,
column 492W. This funding, along with the additional revenue funding being made available through the highways maintenance standard
spending assessment, should enable authorities to meet the target to halt the deterioration of local roads by 2004.
Copies of the Press Notice and a list of allocations for individual authorities have been placed in the Library of the House.
Details have also been placed in Members' mail-boxes in the Members' Post Officer Counter.
Subjects
Capital investment; Finance; Public transport; Transport; Road traffic; Safety measures; Roads; Bypasses
Date
14 December 2000
Reference
359 c202-3W;359 c200-1W; 142833
House
House of Commons