{"value":{"id":765477,"askingMemberId":1565,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-10-06T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-10-10T00:00:00","uin":"105739","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding the West Yorkshire Combined Authority has received from the public purse for public transport provision in each of the last five years.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3991,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-10-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>West Yorkshire Combined Authority has access to the funding provided through the Local Growth Fund to the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership for the West Yorkshire plus Transport Fund. This will amount to £781m over the 30 years from 2015. It is for the LEP working with its partners to decide how the funding is used.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, since the West Yorkshire Combined Authority was established on 1 April 2014, the Department of Transport has provided the Combined Authority with the following funding to support public transport:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Rail Growth scheme</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Station Southern Access*</p></td><td><p>11.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Public Transport Improvements</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>21.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integrated Transport Block</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Sustainable Transport Fund</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Access Funding</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low Emission Bus scheme</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.2**</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PTE grant for rail ***</p></td><td><p>43.2</p></td><td><p>44.4</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*£0.6m was provided for this project in 2013/14 to WYCA’s predecessor body, the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority.</p><p>** to be paid.</p><p>*** Under the terms of the new Northern franchise agreement all subsidies are now paid directly to the train operator</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Public Transport: West Yorkshire","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/765477","method":"GET"}]}