Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Table 10.1 Expenditure on transport within the Scottish Ministers' responsibility, and expenditure on transport controlled by local authorities

Source: Expenditure on a and b above provided by Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1. Includes reconstruction, new road surfaces, maintenance of bridges and other road structures.
2. From 2001-02 Roads improvements & Structural Maintenance have been reclassified as current expenditure. Expenditure on structured maintenance now appears under the current heading for earlier years, but it is not possible to separate improvements from new construction in the capital figures for 2000-01 and earlier years.
3. Includes minor repairs.
4. Figures are on a cash basis up to 2003-04 and on an accruals basis from 2004-05 onwards. Capital Funded from Current Revenue is included.
5. Includes Network & Traffic Management, Bridges and Parking
6. Includes Shipping, Transport piers and ferry terminals
7. Includes subsidies for the Community Transport Association, piers, harbours, road safety, safer routes to schools and additional concessionary fares support to Local Authorities (prior to 2007).
8. The revenue account figures are reported on an accruals basis (i.e. reflected in the accounts of the period in which they take place).
9. Includes support for LA and non- LA transport undertakings, and revenue contributions to capital.
10. For 2000-01 and earlier years, support service costs are apportioned between the various services. For 2001-02 onwards, the actual support service costs are included in each service.
11. From 2001-02 onwards administration costs are included within the various services.
12. From 2001-02 onwards these figures are on an accruals basis and for the years prior to 2001-02 are on a cash basis but do not include depreciation
13. SE took responsibility for these areas in 2001-02. In respect of rail services in Scotland from 2003/04 this figure includes grant paid to Strathclyde Passenger Transport for rail passenger services in the SPT area, and from 2006-07 it includes funding for Network Rail in Scotland (which was previously the responsibility of the Department for Transport).
14. Separate figures for each of these categories were not available prior to 2003 -04
15. The NCT schemes were introduced in April 2006. From April 2010 NCT electornic (Smartcards) required on-board Smartcard equipment.