§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Minister of Transport what was the expenditure in England at current prices on each of the following: trunk road construction, trunk road maintenance, local authority road construction, local authority road maintenance, local authority cleansing, 46W gritting and snow clearance, administration, lighting, parking (net), other and total road expenditure in 1978–79 and 1979–80 respectively.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe expenditure at outturn prices in England for 1978–79 and 1979–80 is as follows. The figures for 1979–80 are provisional and are estimated to the nearest million pound.
£ million 1978–79 1979–80 Motorway and trunk road construction: Roads 277.7 335 Lighting 0.8 2 Motorway and trunk road maintenance: Roads 80.4* 101 Lighting 5.9 6 Local authority road construction: Roads 194.7 262 Lighting 7.1 † Local authority road maintenance: Roads 342.3 570 Lighting 76.3 ‡ Local authority cleansing, gritting and snow clearing 92.9 ‡ Administration 157.8 190 Parking: New construction 10.2 † Net current income -8.9 -13 Other § 6.6 9 TOTAL 1,243.8 1,462 * Trunk road cleansing, gritting and snow clearance are included in maintenance. † Included in local authority road construction. ‡ 1979–80 estimates are not identifiable and are included in local authority maintenance. § Road safety.