§ Mr. Gregoryasked the Secretary of State for Transport what were the accepted expenditure levels for transport supplementary grant for capital, maintenance and total spending on roads for each year since 1975–76; and in each case what percentage of local authority bids the figures represent.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe figures for all transport capital expenditure and for expenditure on road maintenance are as follows:
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Expenditure Accepted for TSG Capital Maintenance Year (Price base) £ million per cent. of CountyCouncils' Bids £ million per cent. of CountyCouncils' Bids 1975–76 (November 1973) 283 58 241 91 1976–77 (November 1974) 345 97 287 93 1977–78 (November 1975) 247 73 335 99 1978–79 (November 1976) 248 82 374 101 1979–80 (November 1977) 306 77 435 99 1980–81 (November 1978) 289 71 475 93 1981–82 (November 1979) 380 76 517 90 1982–83 (November 1980) 437 81 676 96 1983–84 (Cash) 619 78 831 86 1984–85 (Cash) 647 67 898 91 Because TSG is a block grant the figures for capital accepted expenditure can be broken down only among particular transport services on the basis of county councils' stated priorities. This analysis has been carried out for 1983–84 and 1984–85 and the figures are as follows:
Expenditure Accepted for TSG Capital Expenditure on Roads (based on county councils' stated priorities) £ million, cash Proportion of Bids for Capital Expenditure on Roads per cent. 1983–84 452 81 1984–85 479 71