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1. Introduction
1.1 This chapter provides information on finance, such as expenditure on transport within Scottish Ministers’ responsibility and on transport controlled by Local Authorities, capital and current expenditure on motorways and trunk roads, government grants for the construction and improvement of harbour facilities, petrol and diesel prices and duties, and average weekly household expenditure on transport.
1.2 It should be noted that almost all the figures in this chapter are expressed in what are referred to as "current", "out-turn" or "cash" prices: no table gives "constant price" figures. Also, in this edition (as in the previous edition), the figures for local authorities’ net revenue expenditure exclude loan charges, whereas the equivalent tables in the 1998 and earlier editions included them.
1.3 Some changes have been made for this edition :
2. Main Points
2.1 The total of capital and current expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in 2000-01 was estimated at £166 million, an increase of 2% over 1999-2000, and 33% less than the peak expenditure in recent years of £248 million in 1994-95. Total expenditure on transport within Scottish Ministers' responsibility in 1999-00 was estimated at £325 million, £25 million (8%) more than in the previous year, but £170 million (34%) less than the peak expenditure in recent years of £495 million in 1993-94. (Table 11.1)
2.2 In 1999-2000, expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities was £384 million (excluding loan charges). In cash terms, this was 2% more than in 1998-99. Road maintenance (£193 million in 1999-2000) accounted for about half the expenditure in every year (apart from 1996-97). The other main categories of expenditure in 1999-2000 were: contributions to passenger transport (£51 million); road lighting (£41 million); concessionary fares (£41 million) and administration (£51 million). In 1999-2000, the net income from parking charges was £21 million. (Table 11.1)
2.3 Expenditure on the management and maintenance of motorways and trunk roads totalled £98 million in 1999-2000: £42.5 million capital expenditure on structural repairs and £55.5 million current expenditure on maintenance and network management. (These figures do not include spending on construction). £24.6 million of the total was spent on roads in the area served by the Clyde Premium Unit. (Table 11.2)
2.4 Glasgow City was the local authority with the highest net revenue expenditure on roads and transport in 1999-2000: £39.5 million excluding loan charges. Highland spent £28.6 million, South Lanarkshire £22.8 million and Fife £22.6 million. Highland was the local authority with the highest expenditure on road maintenance (£19.2 million: £6.9million on gritting and snow clearing plus £12.3 million on other road maintenance work) and Glasgow the one that spent most on road lighting (£7.9 million). Edinburgh raised the largest amount from parking (£10.2 million, net), Glasgow had the highest expenditure on concessionary fares (£5.1 million) and on school crossing patrols (£2.0 million), and Shetland made the largest contribution to passenger transport (£8.6 million). (Table 11.3)
2.5 Gross capital account expenditure by councils and boards on local authority roads and transport totalled £111.6 million in 1999-2000 a decrease of 6% from the previous year. Most of this (£93 million) was spent on roads, including £22.1 million on roads projects costing under £2 million each, £11.0 million on improvements and reconstruction of major roads costing £2+ million each, £21.2 million on structural maintenance of roads, and £13.1 million on road safety for local roads. A total of £18.0 million was spent on transport other than roads. The amounts spent on some categories vary greatly from year to year — for example, there was no expenditure in 1999-2000 on bypasses, whereas the £6.5 million spent on bus priority measures was higher than in any of the previous six years. (Table 11.4)
2.6 The local authority with the highest gross capital account expenditure on roads and transport in 1999-2000 was Glasgow City (£15.8 million), followed by Fife (£12.4 million) and City of Edinburgh (£10.2 million). Glasgow City spent the most on both ‘major’ road projects costing £2+ million each and on smaller road projects (£5.7 million and £7.6 million respectively). Fife spent the most on roads special projects (£7.1 million). For transport other than roads, the highest spenders were Strathclyde PTA (£6.8 million) and Edinburgh (£4.1 million). (Table 11.5)
2.7 In 1999-2000, local government roads and transport trading services revenue income totalled £29.8 million: £9.2 million from road bridges (Forth and Tay only), £3.1 million on ferries, £0.3 million on buses and £17.2 million on other local authority transport undertakings (such as airports, harbours and piers). The main sources of income were £25.6 million from rents, fees and charges and a £3.4 million contribution towards deficiencies from general funds. (Table 11.6)
2.8 Local government roads and transport trading services capital account expenditure totalled £4 million in 1999-2000. (Table 11.7)
2.9 In 2000-01, government grants for the construction and improvement of harbour facilities totalled £2.5 million. The recipients were Caledonian MacBrayne (£746,000), Highland Council (£779,000), Scottish National Heritage (£469,000), Scrabster harbour authority (£224,000), Shetland Islands Council (£193,000), Orkney Islands Council (£106,000), and Mallaig harbour authority (£23,000). (Table 11.8)
2.10 Tax (duty plus VAT) represented about 73% of the price of unleaded petrol and 74% of the price of diesel in Great Britain in June 2000, compared with 61% and 63% respectively in June 1990 and 83% and 84% respectively in June 1999. (Table 11.9)
2.11 Between 1990 and 2000, the Retail Prices Index rose by 35% from a value of 126.1 (based on 13 January 1987=100) for 1990 to a value of 170.3 for 2000. Most of the Transport components of the Retail Prices Index increased more rapidly than this. The costs of petrol and oil rose by 95%, the cost of maintenance of motor vehicles increased by 65%, and there was an 97% rise in the cost of vehicle tax and insurance. Rail fares rose by 61% and bus and coach fares by 62%. However, the cost of purchasing a motor vehicle increased by only 8% over the ten years: more slowly than the overall Retail Prices Index. (Table 11.10)
3. Notes and Definitions
3.1 Following local government reorganisation on 1 April 1996, the management and maintenance of motorways and other trunk roads was sub-divided into 8 operating units. Details of the areas covered by each of these units can be found in the Annex. These applied for the years from 1996-97 to 2000-01 inclusive: new arrangements were introduced with effect from 2001-02
3.2 Local authority trading services: Those services of a commercial nature which are, or could be, substantially financed by charges made to recipients of the services.
3.3 In a few cases, negative figures are shown in the net expenditure tables. This is due to income/receipts exceeding the expenditure in a particular category.
3.4 Retail Prices Index: Rail fares are 5 parts per 1,000 (or 0.5%) of the Retail Prices Index. Bus and coach fares are also 5 parts per 1,000 (or 0.5%). 'Motoring costs' accounts for 14.6% of the Retail Prices Index. This breaks down into:
5.8% Purchase of vehicles
2.3% Maintenance of motor vehicles
4.3% Petrol and Oil
2.2% Tax and Insurance
car parking charges are included under 'Maintenance of motor vehicles'.
4. Sources
4.1 The statistics in this chapter come from the following sources:
Table 11.1(a)* - the publication "Serving Scotland’s Needs"
which details current public expenditure and plans to 2000-01
(* except ‘Local Transport — Capital’ which is obtained from
returns made by Councils and boards to The Scottish Executive)
Tables 11.1(b), 11.3 to 11.7 - from returns by Councils and boards to The Scottish
Executive
Tables 11.2 - The Scottish Executive Road Network Management and Maintenance
Division
Table 11.8 - The Scottish Executive Transport Division 4
Tables 11.9 - the Department of Trade and Industry
Tables 11.10 and 11.11 - the Office for National Statistics
5. Further Information
5.1 For further information on Tables 11.1(a) (Local Transport — Capital), 11.1(b) and 11.3 to 11.7 contact Mrs Margaret Sellar of The Scottish Executive Local Government Finance Statistics branch (tel: 0131 244 7035)
5.2 For further information on Table 11.2 contact Mr Ian Rankin of The Scottish Executive Road Network Management and Maintenance Division (tel: 0131 244 7251)
5.3 For further information on Table 11.8 contact Mrs Mary MacDonald of The Scottish Executive Development Department, Transport Division 4 (tel: 0131 244 0841).
5.4 For further information on Table 11.9 contact Ms Deirdre Taylor, Department of Trade and Industry (tel: 020 7215 2722).
5.5 For further information on Table 11.10 and 11.11 contact the Office of National Statistics (tel: 020 7533 5874).
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