{"value":{"id":1287811,"memberId":1582,"member":null,"memberRole":"Secretary of State for Transport","uin":"HCWS782","dateMade":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","title":"Contingencies Fund Advance","text":"<p>I hereby give notice of the Department for Transport having drawn advances from the Contingencies Fund totalling £4,000,000,000 to enable expenditure on COVID-19 support packages to be spent ahead of the passage of the Supply and Appropriation Act. The schemes include:</p><p>Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements with the Train Operating Companies; the COVID-19 Bus Services Support Grant; safeguarding critical ferry freight routes; and supporting regional transport networks such as Transport for London and light rail networks.</p><p>Parliamentary approval for additional resource of £4,000,000,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Department for Transport. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £4,000,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.</p><p>The cash advance will be repaid upon receiving Royal Assent of the Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Bill.</p>","house":"Commons","noticeNumber":6,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1287820,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2021-02-22T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1287811","method":"GET"}]}