Transport: Midlands

(asked on 28th January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Government has allocated to transport programmes throughout the Midlands.


Answered by
George Freeman Portrait
George Freeman
This question was answered on 4th February 2020

Figures on public sector expenditure at national and regional levels are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics.

The statistics include spend on transport by all public sector organisations including the Department for Transport, Local Authorities, Public Corporations (in the case of transport, this is mainly spend by London Underground) and other government departments including devolved administrations.

When comparing expenditure across regions a number of factors should be considered. The benefits from spend on transport interventions will often accrue to passengers far beyond the residents of the immediate local area or region. This is particularly the case for spending on the railways which connect cities and regions across the country and deliver broader benefits beyond the region concerned. Inevitably allocations are not always precise.

Table 1: Public expenditure on all transport in the Midlands, by all public sector bodies (£ million)

East Midlands

West Midlands

Midlands total

2014/15

1,023

1,459

2,482

2015/16

1,179

1,898

3,077

2016/17

1,024

1,871

2,895

2017/18

1,083

2,002

3,085

2018/19

1,286

2,758

4,044

These expenditure values are in nominal terms and have not been adjusted for inflation.

Source: Table A.8e - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2019

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