Class V 1997–98

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 1998, 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. 1,562,329,000 68,501,000
2. For expenditure by the Department of Transport on central transport administration; Government Office administration; miscellaneous services; ports and shipping services; civil aviation services; international aviation services; Royal Travel; transport security; freight grants; land transport research and development; and expenditure associated with the non rail privatisation programme. 158,075,000 39,144,000
3. For expenditure by the Department of Transport on support to nationalised industries; grants to Railtrack, DoA Ltd; MRPS grant; payments in respect of expenditure relating to Channel Tunnel Rail Link; expenditure connected with the privatisation of British Rail businesses and Railtrack; other consultancies; capital expenditure by transport industries funded by EU grants; railway industry and National Freight Company pension funds; National Freight Company travel concessions; and rebate of fuel duty to bus operators. 1,135,374,000 43,000,000
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 pension of Local Authority staff employed on driver and vehicle licensing before the setting up of DVLC; and the development and operations of other systems associated with registration and licensing, the provision of anonymised data and the provision of miscellaneous services to other parts of the Department. 154,825,000 42,015,000
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 including maintenance and operation of the Woolwich ferry; vehicle and traffic enforcement; publicity; statistics, censuses and surveys; Trans European network payments for various local transport projects; transport supplementary grants to highway authorities in England; public transport facilities grants; grants to highway authorities and developers under the Industrial Development Act; licence fee refunds to goods vehicle and public service vehicle operators and drivers; and grants to the Humber Bridge Board. 313,863,000 16,196,000
6. For expenditure by the Department of Transport on Marine Safety, Coastguard and Vehicle Certification agencies; loans to the Vehicle Inspectorate and the Driving Standards Agency trading funds; and payments to the Meteorological Office and the Driving Standards Agency. 97,408,000 9,551,000
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. 1,516,385,000 40,000,000
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. 8,600,000
Total, Class V 4,946,859,000 258,407,000

Class VI 1997–98

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 1998, viz.:—

Sums not exceeding
Supply Grants Appropriations in Aid
£ £
1. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on payments to the Housing Corporation; Housing Revenue Account Subsidy; private sector renewal; home improvement agencies; the Estates Renewal Challenge Fund; rent officers and Rent Assessment Panels; homelessness; housing management and mobility; gypsy sites; research, including projects on regeneration and European Union programmes; publicity; and for sundry other housing and construction services and projects. 5,683,279,000 3,159,000
2. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on Single Regeneration payments to support urban and other regeneration initiatives; payments to Dearne Valley College; countryside and wildlife payments; grants to voluntary bodies; EU agency payments; central government grants to local authorities for the Single Regeneration Budget; National Park Authorities; 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. 1,453,868,000 13,987,000
3. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on the environment, including research, long term monitoring and surveys; support to the environmental protection industry; environmental technology; support for measures to improve energy efficiency and evironmental practice; support for measures which improve local environmental quality; support of the aims and implementation of the convention on Biological Diversity; support for the Tidy Britain Group and the National Environmental Technology Centre; smoke control and other improvements in air quality; environmental (including energy efficiency) publicity, promotion and awareness, including support for measures to promote sustainable development; the measurement of radon in premises; grant-in-aid to the Environment Agency, British Waterways Board and UK Ecolabelling Board; water supply and sewerage services including civil defence; the Wash Estuary Trial Bank; grants to voluntary bodies; subscriptions and contributions to international organisations; planning redevelopment; residual services in connection with the privatisation of the water supply industry; compensation for persons disabled by certain industrial diseases; advice and awareness on handling of health issues which arise in the workplace; Going for Green; and pollution emergency response servicing. 343,730,000 570,000
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; payments to specified bodies and the Commission for Local Administration in England; payments for Valuation Office Agency rating and valuation services; payments to meet the expenses of valuation tribunals; grant in aid to the Local Government Commission and to the Local Government Residuary Body; residual payments of community charge grant; payments under the council tax transitional reduction scheme; payments of SSA reduction grants; payments of reorganisation; transitional reduction grant; emergency financial assistance to local authorities including payments under section 88B of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 to authorities affected by terrorism; repayments of excess contributions made by local authorities in respect of non-domestic rates in 1996–97 and previous years; and local government minerals and planning research and publicity, including European Union programmes and contributions to the Local Government Management Board. 31,487,957,000 130,000
5. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment and its agencies on administration, royal commissioners, committees, etc; by the Planning Inspectorate Executive Agency on appeals; grant in aid to the Health and Safety Commission; the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre Executive Agency; and the residual functions of PSA Services; and the former Building Research Establishment Executive Agency. 393,455,000 8,942,000
6. For expenditure by the Department of the Environment on the sale of the PSA Services businesses. 1,000 3,049,000
7. For expenditure by the Office of Water Services on administrative and operational costs and the provision of customer representation. 10,300,000 10,000
8. For expenditure by the Ordnance Survey on the survey of Great Britain and other mapping services. 6,759,000 78,180,000
Total, Class VI 39,379,349,000 108,027,000