Railways: Freight
(asked on 2nd July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight flows from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.
Financial Support for rail flows was provided under the Rail Environmental Benefit Procurement Scheme (Intermodal) in 2009/10 and the Mode Shift Revenue Support (Intermodal) scheme in subsequent years.
The following table is an estimate of the funding awarded, including contributions from the Welsh Government, where appropriate.
Year | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
Tilbury | £1,230,000 | £1,468,000 | £1,638,000 | £1,740,000 | £1,415,000 | £1,196,000 |
London Gateway | £ - | £ - | £ - | £ - | £34,000 | £603,000 |
As funding is awarded on a zone to zone basis, it is not possible to give an exact assessment of funding for freight flows from individual ports.
There were no awards for rail freight operations during this period at either Tilbury or London Gateway through the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme, which was closed in England in 2011.