Transport: North of England
(asked on 6th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2016 to Question 37933, how much of the £13 billion investment in transport across the North of England referred to in that Answer will be spent on each type of project.
The £13bn of transport investment in the North of England covers:
- full costs of Highways England schemes on the strategic roads network in the North West, North East and Yorkshire and Humber regions due to commence by 2020/21;
- other capital spending on the above regions by the Department for Transport and its delivery bodies over the financial years 2015/16 to 2020/21;
- the whole-life cost of the Intercity Express train fleet which is due to enter service on the East Coast Main Line from 2018 onwards.
Not all of the Local Growth Fund is currently allocated, so as future allocations of the Local Growth Fund are made to Local Enterprise partnerships, the amount supporting transport projects in the north through to 2020/21 is likely to rise.
Project type | Total Spend £bn |
Highways England capital expenditure1 | 4.8 |
Local authority highway maintenance grant | 1.4 |
Local authority integrated transport grant | 0.6 |
Local Growth Fund (Department for Transport contribution) | 1.5 |
Major transport schemes in local authorities | 1.5 |
Intercity Express fleet for East Coast Main Line and other rail enhancements | 3.8 |
Total | 13.6 |
1. covers enhancements (delivery + design and development work), renewals and major capital-funded maintenance, but not resource-funded maintenance or contributions from ringfenced funds | |