§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a table to show how much money is spent per mile on the maintenance of highways by each English shire county.
§ Mr. FowlerThe following table shows expenditure by English shire counties in £ per mile on maintenance of county highways in the financial year 1978–79. Figures for 1979–80 are not yet available.
£ Avon 2,719 Bedfordshire 3,509 Berkshire 2,433 Buckinghamshire 2,377 Cambridgeshire 1,968 Cheshire 2,962 Cleveland 3,962 Cornwall 1,160 Cumbria 1,597 Derbyshire 3,030 Devon 1,755 Dorset 1,507 Durham 2,849 East Sussex 2,773 Essex 2,640 Gloucestershire 1,711 Hampshire 2,302 Hereford and Worcester 1,380 Hertfordshire 3,303 Humberside 2,613 Isle of Wight 2,252 Kent 2,578 Lancashire 3,208 Leicestershire 2,781 Lincolnshire 1,528 Norfolk 1,333 Northamptonshire 2,345 Northumberland 1,798 North Yorkshire 2,209 Nottinghamshire 2,647 Oxfordshire 1,777 Shropshire 1,529 Somerset 1,391 Staffordshire 2,019 Suffolk 1,672 Surrey 3,443 Warwickshire 2,955 West Sussex 2,643 Wiltshire 1,663