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Class V 1996–97

SCHEDULE (B).—Part 7 Class V

Schedule of Sums granted, and of the sums which may be applied as appropriations in aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges of the several Services herein particularly mentioned, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1997, viz.:—

Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants £ Appropriations in Aid £
1. For expenditure by the Department of Transport’s Highways Agency on the construction, improvement, maintenance and management of motorways and trunk roads, including the acquisition of land; publicity; scheme design and preparation; archaeological survey and rescue work; compensation; administration costs of the Highways Agency and research and development in support of Highways Agency operations. 1,641,172,000 110,526,000
2. For expenditure by the Department of Transport on Central Transport Group administration; Government Office administration; miscellaneous services; shipping services; civil aviation services; international aviation services; transport security; freight grants; land transport research and development; residual expenses associated with the privatisation of transport industries, and expenses associated with the sale of the Trust Ports and the Transport Research Laboratory Agency. 129,008,000 48,932,000
3. For expenditure by the Department of Transport on support to nationalised transport industries; grants to Railtrack, European Passenger Services, Union Railways, DoA Ltd; payments in respect of the transfer of European Passenger services and Union Railways to the private sector; expenditure connected with the privatisation of British Rail businesses and Railtrack; capital expenditure by transport industries funded by EU grants, railway industry and National Freight Company pension funds; Royal travel by rail, audit of Government grants and rebate of fuel duty to bus operators (Including a supplementary sum of £408,519,000). 1,646,729,000 1,000
4. For expenditure by the Department of Transport in connection with driver and vehicle registration and licensing, the collection of revenue, compensation and payments towards the pensions of local authority staff employed on driver and vehicle licensing before the setting up of DVLC; the development and operation of other registration and licensing systems; the provision of anonymised data; and the provision of miscellaneous services to other parts of the Department. 178,326,000 12,144,000
5. For expenditure by the Department of Transport on grants and consultancies for roads and local transport; Central Transport Group services and consultancies for national roads; priority routes in London; Government Office programme expenditure; maintenance and operation of the Woolwich ferry; vehicle and traffic enforcement; publicity; statistics; censuses and surveys; trans European network payments; transport supplementary grants to highway authorities in England; public transport facilities grants; grants to highway authorities and developers under the Industrial Development Act; agency payments on behalf of the European Community; licence fee refunds to goods vehicle and public service vehicle operators and drivers; and grants to the Humber Bridge Board (Revised sum). 389,580,000 15,618,000
6. For expenditure by the Department of Transport on the Marine Safety, Coastguard, Vehicle Certification and Driving Standards agencies and loans to the Vehicle Inspectorate. 157,764,000 9,300,000
7. For expenditure by the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising on the franchising of passenger rail services; the provision of, and support for, passenger rail services; the formation and financing of companies formed to facilitate the Franchising Director’s functions; and administration and miscellaneous services. 1,650,668,000
8. For expenditure by the Office of the Rail Regulator on administration and associated capital and other expenditure and on costs of the Rail Users Consultative Committees. 8,216,000 1,000
Total, Class V 5,801,463,000 196,522,000

Class VI 1996–97

SCHEDULE (B).—Part 8 Class VI

Schedule of Sums granted, and of the sums which may be applied as appropriations in aid in addition thereto, to defray the charges of the several Services herein particularly mentioned, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on 31st March 1997, viz.:—

Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants £ Appropriations in Aid £
1. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on Housing Revenue Account Subsidy; slum clearance, repairs and other improvements to private housing; payments to the Housing Corporation; the transfer of local authority estates to new landlords; accommodation for the homeless and special needs accommodation; housing management and mobility; rent officers and Rent Assessment Panels; grants for the provision of gypsy sites; grants to home improvement agencies; asylum seekers' special housing grant; for research projects, including European Community programmes; publicity; and for sundry other housing and construction services and projects (Revised sum). 5,903,601,000 374,000
2. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on Single Regeneration Budget payments to support urban and other regeneration; payments to Dearne Valley College; countryside and wildlife payments; grants to voluntary bodies; European Community (EC) agency payments; EC regeneration payments not pre-funded by EC receipts; central government grants to local authorities for the Single Regeneration Budget; National Parks; countryside and wildlife and publicity payments related to the promotion of the Department’s regeneration and countryside policies and programmes and the private finance initiative (Including a supplementary sum of £6,656,000.) 1,460,144,000 15,801,000
3. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on the environment, including research, long term monitoring and surveys; on environmental technology and support to the environmental protection industry; on support for measures to improve energy efficiency and environmental practice; on support for measures which improve local environmental quality; on support for the aims and implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity; on support for the Tidy Britain Group and the National Environmental Technology Centre; on smoke control and other improvements in air quality; on environmental (including energy efficiency) publicity, promotion and awareness, including support for measures to promote sustainable development; on the measurement of radon in premises; on grant-in-aid to the Environment Agency, British Waterways Board and UK Ecolabelling Board; on water supply and sewerage services including civil defence; on the Wash Estuary Trial Bank; on grants to voluntary bodies; on subscriptions and contributions to international organisations; on planning redevelopment; on residual services in connection with the privatisation of the water supply industry; on compensation for persons disabled by certain industrial diseases; and on advice and awareness on handling of health issues which arise in the workplace. 349,909,000 552,000
4. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on payment of revenue support grant and redistributed non-domestic rates to receiving authorities in England; on payments to specified bodies and the Commission for Local Administration in England; on payments for Valuation Office Agency rating and valuation services; on payments to meet the expenses of valuation tribunals; on grant-in-aid to the Local Government Commission; on residual payments of community charge grant; on payments under the council tax transitional reduction scheme; on payments of rate rebate grants; on emergency financial assistance to local authorities; on repayments of excess contributions made by local authorities and other bodies in respect of non-domestic rates in 1995–96 and previous years; and on local government minerals and planning research, including contributions to the Local Government Management Board (Revised sum). 31,631,167,000 170,000
5. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment and its agencies on administration, including research, royal commissioners, committees, etc., and by the Planning Inspectorate Executive Agency on appeals, and by the Building Research Establishment Executive Agency on building research and surveys, a grant-in-aid to the Health and Safety Commission, the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Executive Agency, Allied Services buildings, and the residual functions of PSA Services. 452,776,000 56,700,000
6. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on the sale of PSA Services businesses. (Revised sum). 1,000 4,349,000
7. For expenditure for the Office of Water Services on administrative and operational costs, and the provision of customer representation. 9,201,000 10,000
8. For expenditure by the Ordnance Survey on the survey of Great Britain and other mapping services. 9,110,000 76,130,000
Total, Class VI 39,815,909,000 154,086,000