Question reference: S2W-18532
- Asked by: Nicola Sturgeon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 17 August 2005
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Current status: Answered by Tavish Scott on 28 September 2005
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated for public transport in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b) region and expressed also on a per capita basis.
Answer
For the information requested relating to financial years 2000-01 to 2002-03, I refer the member to the question S2W-5589 answered on 12 February 2004. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found here Motions, Questions and Answers Search.
The following table shows the total funding committed by the Scottish Executive for 2003-04 and 2004-05 to each local authority under the Public Transport Fund (including separate allocations for Cycling, Walking and Safer Streets projects), the Rural Public Passenger Grant element of the Rural Transport Fund, the Integrated Transport Fund, Piers and Harbours grants and the appropriate GAE revenue grant allocations.
| Local Authority | Population | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | ||
| Total Funding (£ Million) | Cost per Capita (£) | Total Funding (£ Million) | Cost per Capita (£) | ||
| Aberdeen City | 206,600 | 5.753 | 27.85 | 5.675 | 27.47 |
| Aberdeenshire | 229,330 | 5.801 | 25.30 | 6.215 | 27.10 |
| Angus | 107,520 | 4.106 | 38.19 | 4.864 | 45.23 |
| Argyll and Bute | 91,300 | 3.597 | 39.40 | 8.263 | 90.51 |
| Clackmannanshire | 47,680 | 1.253 | 26.29 | 2.272 | 47.65 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 147,210 | 5.695 | 38.69 | 6.627 | 45.01 |
| Dundee City | 143,090 | 8.612 | 60.18 | 10.055 | 70.27 |
| East Ayrshire | 119,530 | 5.209 | 45.38 | 4.902 | 41.01 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 106,970 | 4.295 | 40.15 | 4.477 | 41.86 |
| East Lothian | 91,090 | 2.497 | 27.41 | 2.631 | 28.88 |
| East Renfrewshire | 89,680 | 2.606 | 29.06 | 2.741 | 30.57 |
| City of Edinburgh | 448,370 | 25.104 | 55.99 | 24.284 | 54.16 |
| Eilean Siar | 26,100 | 2.549 | 97.66 | 1.917 | 73.46 |
| Falkirk | 145,920 | 4.910 | 33.65 | 4.093 | 28.05 |
| Fife | 352,040 | 13.701 | 38.92 | 17.063 | 48.47 |
| Glasgow City | 577,090 | 20.880 | 36.18 | 24.420 | 42.32 |
| Highland | 209,080 | 8.604 | 41.15 | 9.024 | 43.16 |
| Inverclyde | 83,050 | 3.974 | 47.85 | 2.638 | 31.76 |
| Midlothian | 79,710 | 3.040 | 38.14 | 2.145 | 26.91 |
| Moray | 87,460 | 2.822 | 32.27 | 2.974 | 34.00 |
| North Ayrshire | 136,030 | 4.975 | 36.58 | 5.440 | 39.99 |
| North Lanarkshire | 321,820 | 9.171 | 28.50 | 10.220 | 31.76 |
| Orkney Islands | 19,310 | 7.096 | 367.45 | 5.688 | 294.59 |
| Perth and Kinross | 135,990 | 5.879 | 43.23 | 4.415 | 32.46 |
| Renfrewshire | 170,980 | 5.071 | 29.66 | 5.225 | 30.56 |
| Scottish Borders | 108,280 | 4.232 | 39.09 | 3.988 | 36.83 |
| Shetland Islands | 21,870 | 6.481 | 296.36 | 6.609 | 301.19 |
| South Ayrshire | 111,580 | 4.674 | 41.89 | 4.428 | 39.69 |
| South Lanarkshire | 303,010 | 9.422 | 31.09 | 9.442 | 31.16 |
| Stirling | 86,370 | 4.295 | 49.73 | 3.209 | 37.16 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 92,320 | 3.355 | 36.34 | 3.236 | 35.05 |
| West Lothian | 161,020 | 5.777 | 35.88 | 3.588 | 22.29 |
| Scotland | 5,057,400 | 205.44 | 40.62 | 212.77 | 42.07 |
Notes:
1. Population figures: Mid-year estimates, GRO(S) 2003.
2. Piers and Harbours grants are allocated on a project basis and not on a year-by-year basis. The figures included therefore reflect expenditure as claimed by the relevant authorities.
Allocations were also made to Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority (SPTA) from the Public Transport Fund and the Integrated Transport Fund as follows:
| SPTA | 2,101,900 | 20.123 | 9.57 | 22.522 | 10.72 |
Allocations from the Public Transport Fund and Integrated Transport Fund were made to the voluntary regional transport partnerships as follows:
| Voluntary Regional Transport Partnership | Population | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | ||
| Total Funding (£ Million) | Cost per Capita (£) | Total Funding (£ Million) | Cost per Capita (£) | ||
| HITRANS | 433,806 | 2.665 | 6.14 | 5.200 | 11.99 |
| NESTRANS | 435,930 | 2.353 | 5.40 | 2.195 | 5.04 |
| SESTRAN | 1,656,470 | 7.139 | 4.31 | 12.489 | 7.54 |
| WESTRANS | 2,133,374 | 3.708 | 1.74 | 7.083 | 3.32 |