Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2014 to Question 217210, how much funding his Department has allocated to each district and unitary council in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement in each year since 2005.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The table below lists the funding the Department for Transport has allocated to (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Year | Suffolk | Bedfordshire* | Cambridgeshire | Essex | Hertfordshire | Norfolk |
05/06 | 22.6 | 9.4 | 21.0 | 31.9 | 21.2 | 29.3 |
06/07 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 21.4 | 30.0 | 23.9 | 30.5 |
07/08 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 34.9 | 24.2 | 32.5 |
08/09 | 23.0 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 33.6 | 25.6 | 31.4 |
09/10 | 21.7 | 9.2 | 19.4 | 39.4 | 25.9 | 30.5 |
10/11 | 23.2 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 60.0 | 26.5 | 32.1 |
11/12 | 27.2 | 10.4 | 17.8 | 61.2 | 30.6 | 35.2 |
12/13 | 21.8 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 34.4 | 24.8 | 26.7 |
13/14 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 33.1 | 27.2 | 30.4 |
14/15 | 33.9 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 44.5 | 32.9 | 60.8 |
* from 2010/11 Bedfordshire split into the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford and therefore this figure is the sum of their allocations.
The Department does not provide any funding directly to district councils. The table below lists the funding provided to the Unitary Authorities that fall within the historical counties of Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk for road improvement since 2005:
| £m | £m | £m | £m | £m | £m |
Year | Bedford* | Central Bedfordshire* | Luton | Peterborough | Southend on Sea | Thurrock |
05/06 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 6.6 | ||
06/07 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
07/08 | 4.0 | 7.7 | 4.5 | 3.2 | ||
08/09 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.0 | ||
09/10 | 3.9 | 11.0 | 4.1 | 3.1 | ||
10/11 | 3.9 | 5.6 | 3.3 | 10.5 | 3.7 | 2.9 |
11/12 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 2.9 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
12/13 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
13/14 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 13.8 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
14/15 | 5.2 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 3.5 |
* from 2010/11 the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford came into being and therefore this figure is the sum of the allocations to Bedfordshire.
These tables include funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there have been on the A14 in Suffolk involving drivers aged under 21 years in each year since 2005.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The number of reported road traffic a) accidents and b) fatalities there have been on the A14 in Suffolk involving drivers aged 21 years in each year since 2005 is shown in the attached table.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to each local authority in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Hertfordshire, (e) Norfolk and (g) England for road improvement in each year since 1997.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The table below lists the funding the Department for Transport has allocated to (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Hertfordshire, (e) Norfolk and (g) England for road improvement for which records are available:
Year | Suffolk | Bedfordshire* | Cambridgeshire | Hertfordshire | Norfolk | England |
00/01 | 8.5 | 4.0 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 514.4 |
01/02 | 21.0 | 7.1 | 15.1 | 22.6 | 29.2 | 1,074.0 |
02/03 | 20.0 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 23.5 | 29.5 | 1,123.4 |
03/04 | 20.6 | 7.4 | 18.1 | 22.1 | 29.4 | 1,178.5 |
04/05 | 22.2 | 8.0 | 22.0 | 21.6 | 33.0 | 1,308.4 |
05/06 | 22.6 | 9.4 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 29.3 | 1,212.4 |
06/07 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 21.4 | 23.9 | 30.5 | 1,262.7 |
07/08 | 21.5 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 24.2 | 32.5 | 1,245.0 |
08/09 | 23.0 | 8.7 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 31.4 | 1,456.1 |
09/10 | 21.7 | 9.2 | 19.4 | 25.9 | 30.5 | 1,552.0 |
10/11 | 23.2 | 9.5 | 18.9 | 26.5 | 32.1 | 1,552.1 |
11/12 | 27.2 | 10.4 | 17.8 | 30.6 | 35.2 | 1,482.6 |
12/13 | 21.8 | 9.1 | 14.8 | 24.8 | 26.7 | 1,227.9 |
13/14 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 16.8 | 27/2 | 30.4 | 1,576.2 |
14/15 | 33.9 | 14.8 | 20.3 | 32.9 | 60.8 | 2,025.2 |
* from 2010/11 Bedfordshire split into the 2 unitary authorities of Central Bedfordshire and Bedford and therefore this figure is the sum of their allocations.
This table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.
The Department is also funding local highways maintenance projects in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Sheffield, Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Hounslow through the Private Finance Initiative.
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what traffic flow data his Department holds for each section of the A14 in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Answered by John Hayes
The most recent traffic flow data for which figures are available is for the period 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2014. Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) flows for each section of the A14 are set out in the attached table (from Felixstowe to M1).
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to each local authority in England and Wales for road improvement in each year since 2010.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Government is committed to improving the local road network. Road improvements in Wales are a devolved matter and therefore the responsibility of the Welsh Government.
The attached table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.
The Department is also funding local highways maintenance projects in Portsmouth, Birmingham, Sheffield, Isle of Wight and the London Borough of Hounslow through the Private Finance Initiative.
Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department gave to the local transport authority in Suffolk (a) in total, (b) per mile of road in the local authority area and (c) per head of population in that area in each year since 1997.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Department for Transport has allocated the following amounts to the local transport authority in Suffolk for the years for which figures are available:
Year | £million | £ per mile of road length | £ per head of population |
2000/01 | 8.472 | 2,063 | 13 |
2001/02 | 20.967 | 5,097 | 31 |
2002/03 | 19.958 | 4,773 | 30 |
2003/04 | 20.566 | 4,910 | 30 |
2004/05 | 22.230 | 5,331 | 32 |
2005/06 | 22.624 | 5,424 | 32 |
2006/07 | 23.610 | 5,559 | 34 |
2007/08 | 21.745 | 5,113 | 31 |
2008/09 | 29.834 | 7,011 | 42 |
2009/10 | 26.894 | 6,333 | 37 |
2010/11 | 23.155 | 5,448 | 32 |
2011/12 | 27.924 | 6.566 | 38 |
2012/13 | 30.304 | 7.123 | 41 |
2013/14 | 35.513 | 8,341 | 48 |
2014/15 | 37.523 | 8,813 | 51 |
Note: population and road lengths data are not available for 2014. Figures for 2013 have been used to calculate the £ per mile and £ per head in 2014.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
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.
Answered by 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.
Asked by: David Ruffley (Conservative - Bury St Edmunds)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much from the public purse was spent on rebranding (a) engines and (b) rolling stock used on rail services in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
No money from the public purse has been spent in the last 5 years on rebranding of rolling stock or engines used on rail services in Bury St Edmonds and Suffolk. The Department does not hold this level of disaggregated information for the East of England or for England and Wales.