§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport by what percentage local roads maintenance expenditure will change in 1983–84 in relation to the expected outturn for 1982–83 to meet the planned expenditure increase published in Cmnd. 8494.
§ Mr. David HowellNo separate provision for local roads maintenance for 1983–84 was given in Cmnd. 8494 as it is not customary practice to break down the local authority expenditure on transport for the second and third
Accepted Expenditure Percentage of total for England for each year 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Revenue support: Bus and other 15.7 15.0 16.0 15.3 16.0 17.4 Revenue support: Rail 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.3 2.9 Total revenue support 18.9 18.4 19.2 18.5 19.3 20.3 Maintenance 48.3 47.4 49.9 46.5 48.2 45.3 Other current 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 Capital 32.0 33.4 30.2 34.1 31.8 33.7
§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport what proportions of English local authorities' total accepted expenditure for transport supplementary grant for each year from 1978–79 to 1983–84 and what proportion of total transport supplementary grant have been allocated to (a) the Greater London council, (b) the metropolitan counties and (c) the shire counties.
§ Mr. David HowellThe information requested is as follows:
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Accepted Expenditure: Percentage of total for England for each year GLC Metropolitan counties Shire counties 1978–79 23.3 30.7 46.0 1979–80 23.4 27.6 49.0 1980–81 24.2 26.3 49.5 1981–82 25.6 26.6 47.8 1982–83 24.7 25.1 50.2 1983–84 25.1 25.2 49.7 years of the survey. The provision for local roads maintenance for 1983–84 is in Cmnd. 8789. This is 2 per cent. below the forecast outturn for 1982–83 because local authorities are expected to overspend their provision for 1982–83 by 8 per cent. The provision for 1983–84 in Cmnd. 8789 is 5.6 per cent. above the comparable provision for 1982–83 in Cmnd. 8494.
§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport by what percentage local roads, new construction and improvement expenditure will have to rise in 1983–84 above the expected outturn for 1982–83 to meet the planned expenditure increase published in Cmnd. 8494.
§ Mr. David HowellNo separate provision for local roads, new construction and improvement expenditure in 1983–84 was given in Cmnd. 8494. The cash provision for 1983–84 in Cmnd. 8789 is 49 per cent. above the forecast outturn for 1982–83.