Freight: Finance
(asked on 20th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of its expenditure the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme granted to (a) rail and (b) maritime freight operators in each year since 2009-10.
Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) expenditure for rail freight moved in each year since the scheme started in April 2010, is shown in the table below.
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
Total MSRS expenditure (including inland waterway) | £19,373,617 | £16,489,457 | £16,869,638 | £16,752,301 | £17,792,310 |
MSRS rail expenditure | £19,373,617 | £16,439,868 | £16,752,664 | £16,622,583 | £17,691,643 |
Rail as proportion of MSRS expenditure | 100% | 99.70% | 99.30% | 99.23% | 99.43% |
The MSRS scheme also covers inland waterways but not maritime freight. Mode shift support for coastal and short sea shipping is provided though a separate scheme, Waterborne Freight Grant, for which expenditure is shown in the table below.
| 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 |
Waterborne Freight Grant | £240,594 | £81,770 | £416,349 | £557,878 | £283,741 |