§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of gross domestic product was devoted to (a) road construction and (b) road maintenance for each member State of the European Community in (i) the latest available calendar year and (ii) 1975.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe latest figures currently available are for 1978.
The following table has been derived from figures published in the national accounts of OECD countries and from reports of the Commission of the European Communities on transport expenditure:
1975 1978 country *New Maintenance *New Maintenance Construction construction Per cent Per cent Per cent Per cent Belgium 1.3 0.5 1.1 0.6 Denmark 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 West Germany 1.4 0.3 1.2 0.3 France 1.3 0.3 0.8 0.4 Ireland 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 Italy 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 Luxembourg 2.0 1.1 1.8 1.1 Netherlands 1.3 0.6 0.9 0.6 United Kingdom 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 * Includes new construction and reconstruction and renewal.