David Ruffley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Ruffley on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to each local authority in the East of England for road improvement in each of the last five years.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The Department for Transport provides funding to local highway authorities through a number of funding programmes. This funding includes grant through both the Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport Block grants. This funding can be used to improve local roads that the authorities are responsible for if they so wish.
The following tables provide the funding we have allocated to those authorities that fall within the East of England since 2010/11:
Local Highways Maintenance Capital Block Grant
|
Local Transport Plan Name |
2010/11 |
|
£m |
|
|
Bedfordshire (Plan) |
7.031 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
12.809 |
|
Essex |
23.075 |
|
Hertfordshire |
17.456 |
|
Luton and Dunstable (Joint Plan) |
1.284 |
|
Norfolk |
23.948 |
|
Peterborough |
8.663 |
|
Southend-on-Sea |
2.019 |
|
Suffolk |
18.094 |
|
Thurrock |
1.484 |
|
Local Highway Authority |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
Bedford |
3.198 |
2.800 |
3.288 |
3.264 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
13.394 |
10.695 |
12.750 |
11.662 |
|
Central Bedfordshire |
4.645 |
3.920 |
4.728 |
5.469 |
|
Essex |
26.029 |
19.838 |
22.482 |
22.573 |
|
Hertfordshire |
23.611 |
18.585 |
20.962 |
22.019 |
|
Luton |
1.404 |
1.070 |
1.193 |
1.255 |
|
Norfolk |
29.354 |
21.403 |
24.230 |
24.963 |
|
Peterborough |
3.899 |
3.029 |
3.472 |
3.578 |
|
Southend-on-Sea |
2.219 |
1.720 |
1.795 |
1.948 |
|
Suffolk |
22.683 |
17.668 |
20.145 |
20.666 |
|
Thurrock |
2.194 |
2.132 |
2.023 |
1.990 |
Integrated Transport Capital Block Grant
|
Local Transport Plan Name |
2010/11 |
|
£m |
|
|
Bedfordshire (Plan) |
2.539 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
6.104 |
|
Essex |
10.455 |
|
Hertfordshire |
8.755 |
|
Luton and Dunstable (Joint Plan) |
2.014 |
|
Norfolk |
8.224 |
|
Peterborough |
1.818 |
|
Southend-on-Sea |
1.660 |
|
Suffolk |
5.061 |
|
Thurrock |
1.366 |
|
Local Authority |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
2014-15 |
|
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
Bedford |
1.101 |
1.006 |
1.006 |
1.415 |
|
Cambridgeshire |
4.439 |
4.059 |
4.059 |
5.707 |
|
Central Bedfordshire |
1.464 |
1.338 |
1.338 |
1.882 |
|
Essex |
9.150 |
8.366 |
8.366 |
11.764 |
|
Hertfordshire |
6.804 |
6.221 |
6.221 |
8.748 |
|
Luton |
1.470 |
1.344 |
1.344 |
1.890 |
|
Norfolk |
5.824 |
5.324 |
5.324 |
7.487 |
|
Peterborough |
1.640 |
1.500 |
1.500 |
2.109 |
|
Southend-on-Sea |
1.245 |
1.138 |
1.138 |
1.600 |
|
Suffolk |
4.508 |
4.122 |
4.122 |
5.796 |
|
Thurrock |
0.960 |
0.878 |
0.878 |
1.235 |
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department for Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant, for maintaining their local highways.
The Department has also provided funding to highway authorities for local major road schemes as set out below:
|
Local Highway Authority |
2010/11 |
2011/12 |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
|
|
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
£m |
|
Essex |
26.4 |
26.0 |
6.2 |
0.0 |
0.2 |
|
Herts |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Luton |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.5 |
11.3 |
2.0 |
|
Norfolk |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
19.0 |
Note – Figures for 10/11 to 13/14 are actual spend figures. 14/15 figures are allocations.
The Department has also agreed to provide funding to authorities through the Local Pinch Point Fund. The Fund is aimed at removing bottlenecks on the local highway network and supporting growth-enhancing development. The Fund has been allocated to the following authorities in the last five years:
|
Local Authority |
Scheme |
2013/14 £m |
2014/15 £m |
|
Bedford Borough Council |
Bedford Western Bypass Northern Section |
4.500 |
0 |
|
Central Bedfordshire Council |
Woodside Link Houghton Regis (A5-M1) |
2.350 |
2.650 |
|
Essex County Council |
A176 Nether Mayne, Basildon |
0.763 |
1.583 |
|
Essex County Council |
A414/A1025 (Clock Tower) Junction, Harlow |
0.809 |
2.104 |
|
Essex County Council |
Army and Navy Improvements: A1060 Parkway Widening |
0.441 |
0.675 |
|
Essex County Council |
Army and Navy slip road |
0.260 |
1.191 |
|
Norfolk County Council |
Great Yarmouth A12-A143 Link Road |
0.835 |
3.910 |
|
Peterborough City Council |
Junction 17 A1(M) – Junction 2 Fletton Parkway Widening Scheme |
3.385 |
1.115 |
|
Southend on Sea Council |
A127 B1013 Tesco Junction |
0.320 |
2.943 |
|
Suffolk County Council |
Completion of Lowestoft Northern Spine Road (phase 5) |
0 |
4.635 |
Note: Pinch Point Funding is available in Financial Years 2013-14 and 2014-15 only.
