HC Deb 10 May 1965 vol 712 cc13-4W
Mr. Talbot

asked the Minister of Transport whether he will state the names of the highway authorities within the jurisdiction of the Divisional Road Engineer, Birmingham; what staff, technical and clerical, respectively, are contained in this office; whether he is aware that authorities throughout the Midlands are complaining of the delays in this office in dealing with urgent traffic problems; and if he will take action to divide the area, increase the staff, and generally to relax the detailed control of unimportant matters to highway authorities.

Mr. Tom Fraser

The area of the Divisional Road Engineer, Birmingham, comprises the highway authorities listed below.

The Divisional Road Engineer has under his control a complement of 26 professional and technical staff and 27 executive, clerical and similar grades. The main difficulty at present is shortage of technical staff. Steps are being taken to increase numbers where necessary and possible. The areas covered by our Divisional Road Engineers are kept under review, as is the division of responsibility between the Divisional Road Engineers and the highway authorities. I see no need to make any change in these two respects at present. I have no evidence of widespread complaint about delays in this office, but I am having the position checked.

The following is the information:—

County Councils
Herefordshire. Warwickshire.
Shropshire. Worcestershire.
Staffordshire.
County Borough Councils
Birmingham. Stoke on Trent.
Burton-upon-Trent. Walsall.
Coventry. West Bromwich.
Dudley. Wolverhampton.
Smethwick. Worcester.
Solihull.
Borough Councils
Bewdley. Oldbury.
Bilston. Oswestry.
Bishop's Castle. Rowley Regis.
Bridgnorth. Rugby.
Droitwich. Shrewsbury.
Evesham. Stafford.
Halesowen. Straford-upon-Avon.
Hereford.
Kidderminster. Stourbridge.
Leamington Spa. Sutton Coldleld.
Leominster. Tamworth.
Lichfield. Tipton.
Ludlow. Warwick.
Newcastle-under-Lyme. Wednesbury.
Wenlock.
Nuneaton.
Urban District Councils
Aldridge. Malvern.
Amblecote. Market Drayton.
Bedworth. Newport.
Biddulph. Oakengates.
Brierley Hill. Redditch.
Bromsgrove. Ross-on-Wye.
Bromyard. Rugeley.
Brownhills. Sedgley.
Cannock. Stone.
Church Stretton. Stourport-on-Severn.
Coseley.
Dalaston. Tettenhall.
Dawley. Uttoxeter.
Ellesmere. Wednesfield.
Kenilworth. Wellington.
Kidsgrove. Wem.
Kington. Whitechurch.
Ledbury. Willenhall.
Leek.

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