Written statement to Parliament

Contingencies fund advance: 17 December 2020

Notification of COVID-19 support fund expenditure.

• From: Department for Transport and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps
• Published: 17 December 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

• Location: House of Commons
• Delivered on: 17 December 2020

I hereby give notice of the Department for Transport having drawn advances from the contingencies fund totalling 拢5,808,000,000 to enable expenditure on COVID-19 support packages to be spent ahead of the passage of the Supply and Appropriation Act. The schemes include:

• Emergency Measures Agreements and Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements with the train operating companies
• the COVID-19 bus services support grant
• safeguarding critical ferry freight routes
• supporting regional transport networks such as Transport for London and light rail networks

Parliamentary approval for additional resources of 拢4,574,000,000 and additional capital of 拢1,234,000,000 will be sought in a supplementary estimate for the Department for Transport.

Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at 拢5,808,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.

The cash advance will be repaid upon receiving Royal Assent of the .

Published 17 December 2020