How much funding it estimates that each regional transport partnership will receive from (a) it and (b) constituent local authorities in ea…

The Scottish Executive has in recent years provided support for the administrative costs of the existing voluntary regional transport partnerships. In 2004-05, approximately £1 million was provided to the partnerships for this purpose. The Executive intends to continue to provide similar levels of support to the statutory partnerships, once established.
The Financial Memorandum contained within the Explanatory Notes to the Transport (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 28) introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 27 October 2004 gives details of the sums to be made available for staffing and administration costs, members’ expenses and accommodation during the first year of operation. Following the outcome of the latest Spending Review, annual capital funding of £35 million for regional transport partnerships will be available starting in 2006-07. How these funds will be disbursed between the partnerships has yet to be determined. This funding is additional to all ongoing funding commitments to regional transport partnerships and to Strathclyde Passenger Transport.
It is not possible for the Executive to estimate how much funding constituent local authorities will provide to the partnerships in future years, it is proposed that this will be a decision for each regional transport partnership to take.