Roads: Merseyside and Surrey
(asked on 6th September 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated from the public purse to roads and highways in (a) Merseyside and (b) Surrey in each of the last seven years.
a) Merseyside (part of Liverpool City Region)
The boroughs of Merseyside are joined by the neighbouring borough of Halton in Cheshire to form the Liverpool City Region.
(i) Local major schemes
In the last seven years (2012/13 to 2018/19 inclusive) the Government has committed the following on local major schemes:
In the last seven years (2012/13 to 2018/19 inclusive) the Government has committed the following on local major schemes:
Capital Grant | £m |
Liverpool City Region Total | 106.5 |
Liverpool City Region also received a £53.3m revenue grant. This was paid to Halton Borough Council and comprises £3.5m towards the running costs of the Mersey Gateway Crossings Board and £49.8m Availability Support Grant (the latter being the first two years’ payments towards the cost of the 30 year contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the new bridge and associated road infrastructure).
(ii) Local highway maintenance
Highways Maintenance
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 |
£k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k |
15,044 | 14,689 | 16,496 | 14,197 | 16,914 | 16,455 | 16,482 | 16,467 |
Integrated Transport Block
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 |
£k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k |
13,517 | 12,980 | 12,980 | 18,254 | 10,069 | 10,069 | 10,069 | 10,069 |
(iii) Strategic Roads
Budgets are not held by Highways England in the format requested. The Road Investment Strategy settlement is distributed to the various major projects that Highways England is committed to delivering and also to defined operational regions that are responsible for maintenance, repairs and local improvements.
b) Surrey
(i) Local major schemes
Surrey received £16.4m for Walton Bridge.
(ii) Local highway maintenance
Highways Maintenance
2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
£k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k |
16,284 | 15,362 | 17,022 | 16,840 | 16,714 | 16,259 | 16,288 | 16,272 |
Integrated Transport Block
2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 |
£k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k | £k |
7,320 | 6,629 | 6,629 | 9,411 | 4,784 | 4,784 | 4,784 | 4,784 |
(iii) Strategic Roads
Budgets are not held by Highways England in the format requested. The Road Investment Strategy settlement is distributed to the various major projects that Highways England is committed to delivering and also to defined operational regions that are responsible for maintenance, repairs and local improvements.
Note
In addition both Merseyside and Surrey have access to Local Growth Funding (LGF) managed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) and to which this Department contributes. LGF supports schemes that facilitate economic growth and housing – these include transport schemes in both Merseyside and Surrey.