Key facts

£12.8bn

15%

68%

the Department for
Transport's budget in
2010-11, the baseline year
for the spending review

the reduction, in real-terms,
in transport spending by
2014-15 when compared
with the 2010-11 baseline

the proportion of the
Department's 2010-11
budget spent through
third parties1

£3.4 billion 

the amount of the Department's budget in 2010-11 spent on rail

£3.2 billion

the amount of the Department's budget in 2010-11 spent through the Highways Agency, an Executive Agency of the Department

£2.7 billion

the amount of the Department's budget in 2010-11 spent via Transport for London

£2.6 billion

the amount of the Department's budget in 2010-11 spent through local authorities

£683 million

the budget reduction in 2010-11, as a result of the 2010 emergency budget, before any spending review budget reductions

2 per cent

contingency budgets as a proportion of the Department's total budgets (2011-12 to 2014-15)