Welsh Office Highways Department

HC Deb 15 July 1993 vol 228 c666W

Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total budget of the Welsh Office highways department in(a) 1990–91, (b) 1991–92 and (c) 1992–93; and what proportion of this money was spent in Gwynedd, Clwyd and Powys.

Sir Wyn Roberts

Gross expenditure in Wales on new construction, improvement and maintenance on motorways and trunk roads was £184.9 million in 1990–91, £171.0 million in 1991–92 and £204.5 million in 1992–93. The proportion spent in Gwynedd, Clwyd and Powys is given in the following table.

¹ Projected outturn.

² Estimate.