wrans/answers2025-09-08 conversation_581
Source: hansard.parliament.uk (2025-09-08)

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Priti Patel:To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Pursuant to her Department’s Annual Account 2024/25, with reference to page 19, (a) what funding she will be providing to each Mayoral Combined Authority in each financial year through to 2029/30, (b) what funding she is making available to the proposed Greater Essex Mayoral Combined County Authority in each financial year through to 2029/30, and (c) what her forecast is of the annual reduction in support for the services covered by Train Operating Companies in each year of the Spending Review period; with reference to page 19, what her estimate is of the increased levels of ridership required to cover the planned reductions in her Department’s support for Train Operating Companies in each year of the Spending Review period; and with reference to page 348, if she will publish the lines of expenditure incurred in the estimated £250 million to be written off in respect of the cancellation of the A12 Widening Scheme and the A47 dualling scheme. \p Simon Lightwood: On (a) and (b), at Spending Review 2025 ("SR25"), the government announced £15.6bn of funding for Transport for City Region settlements for 9 eligible Mayoral Combined Authorities ("MCAs") from 2027-28 to 2031-32. This funding builds on the funding allocated to eligible MCAs for years 2022-23 to 2026-27 via the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS). Mayoral allocations for TCR were published on gov.uk. Allocations for the final year of CRSTS (2026/27) are being confirmed with Ministers in the upcoming months.

For MCAs and other local areas outside of CRSTS/TCR, the department secured £2.3bn of funding for the Local Transport Grant (LTG) at SR25 and multi-year allocations and formula methodology were published on gov.uk. These allocations were calculated using a formula based on population and deprivation. Allocations were published based on the current Local Authority structure. Essex’s Local Transport Authority’s allocation for LTG is summarised in table 1 below. When it is established as a new MCAs, their transport funding will compromise the total of their constituent authorities. Table 1 includes the LTG allocations for other MCAs, a full breakdown of all areas can be found on Gov.uk.

Essex, and other areas, will also be eligible for other local transport grants and funding secured at SR25 such as funding for Buses, Highways Maintenance, Active Travel and Electric vehicle infrastructure. DfT Ministers are considering advice on these funds, and how they will be allocated across Local areas. Allocations will be released once Ministerial decisions have been made.

Table 1 – LTG allocations for Essex LTA and MCAs in receipt of LTG (full local allocations can be found on gov.uk).

Local Area

LTG Allocation

2026/27

2027/28

2028/29

2029/30

Total

Essex

Capital

6.77

10.325

14.149

17.973

49.217

Resource

1.08

1.08

1.08

n/a

3.24

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

Capital

4.973

8.03

11.004

13.979

37.986

Resource

0.819

0.819

0.819

n/a

2.457

Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

Capital

5.043

8.725

11.957

15.189

40.914

Resource

0.853

0.853

0.853

n/a

2.559

Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority

Capital

31.879

36.854

41.075

45.295

155.103

Resource

1.063

2.259

2.263

5.585

Hull & East Yorkshire Combined Authority

Capital

19.895

22.879

25.538

28.197

96.509

Resource

0.634

1.403

1.407

3.444

Lancashire Combined County Authority

Capital

44.998

50.844

56.676

62.507

215.025

Resource

1.349

3.117

3.123

7.589

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

Capital

20.407

22.072

24.529

26.985

93.993

Resource

0.767

1.353

1.352

3.472