HC Deb 02 December 1983 vol 49 cc625-6W
Mr. Corbett

asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will list in the Official Report all current road works on the M6 northbound from its junction with the M1 to junction 7 and southbound from junction 7 to the M1;

changes in road maintenance costs, as used by the national road maintenance condition survey, from 1971–72 to the latest available date for the following categories of road: (a) motorways, (b) other trunk roads and (c) local authority roads.

Mrs. Chalker

The information requested is as follows:

Maintenance Expenditure: England*
£ million in 1981 prices
Motorways Other Trunk Roads Local Authority Roads
1975–76 63 583
1976–77 58 546
1977–78 30 58 525
1978–79 39 64 532
1979–80 36 53 544
1980–81 56 42 507
1981–82 74 58 525
* Excluding lighting and winter maintenance.
Comparable results for earlier years are not available.
Estimates of maintenance expenditure on motorways for 1975–76 and 1976–77 could be made available only at disproportionate cost.