Transport: Greater Manchester and Midlands
(asked on 4th June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transport funding was allocated per head of population to (a) Leicester and Leicestershire, (b) the East Midlands Combined County Authority area, (c) the West Midlands Combined Authority area, and (d) Greater Manchester Combined Authority area in 2025-26.
The table below shows the core transport funding allocated to Local Transport Authorities in 2025-26.
The funding has been allocated on a range of factors beyond population, including deprivation and road mileage.
| Leicester City Council | Leicestershire County Council | East Midlands Combined County Authority | West Midlands Combined Authority | Greater Manchester Combined Authority |
Local Transport Grant | £9,520,000 | £12,305,000
| Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible |
Integrated Transport Block | £2,576,000 | £2,750,000 | £12,860,000 | Not eligible | Not eligible |
Highways Maintenance Block | £5,365,790 | £28,790,790 | £75,742,160 | £8,620,740* | £14,823,900* |
Local Authority Bus Grant | £9,453,592 | £8,154,155 | £40,580,499 | £49,983,869 | £66,393,752 |
Consolidated Active Travel Fund | £2,002,773 | £1,446,914 | £5,574,643 | £15,956,459 | £15,695,209 |
The electric vehicle (EV) pavement channels grant (EVPCG) Funding | Did not apply | £153,000 | £945,000 | £1,531,000 | £1,839,000 |
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure capital funding | £3,380,000
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| N/A
|
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure capability funding | £184,090 | £217,300
| £862,640 | £493,640 | £590,400 |
City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements | Not eligible | Not eligible | £66,000,000 (Note 1) | £261,477,000 | £226,576,000 |
*This figure includes only incentive elements of Highways Maintenance funding. CRSTS consolidates the baseline allocation of highways maintenance funding for eligible authorities.
Note 1 - EMCCA was allocated £11million in resource funding for 2025-26 for capacity and capability building, and to support planning and delivery as EMCCA prepared to move into the CRSTS programme. EMCCA was also allocated £55 million in capital funding for 2025-26, as early CRSTS2 funding. This was in addition to existing capital funding allocated to the area for 2025-26, as shown in the table.