§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many staff are engaged in motorway schemes in each of the regional offices;
(2) how many staff are engaged in trunk road schemes in each of the regional offices.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to her reply, 7 February 1984, c. 573]: Staff in our regional offices are not generally employed exclusively on either motorway or all-purpose trunk road scheme work. But the staff effort in regional offices engaged during 1983–84 on planning, designing and overseeing construction of motorway and trunk road schemes in the present programme can be estimated, in man-years as follows:
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Numbers Northern 20 Yorkshire and Humberside 66
Numbers North Western 72 East and West Midlands 152 Eastern 117 South Eastern 117 Greater London 37 South Western 87
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of motorway are currently under construction in each of the regional areas.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to her reply, 7 February 1984, c. 573]: Mileages in each of the Department of Transport's regional office areas are as follows:
Miles Northern 0 Yorkshire and Humberside 0 North Western 4.1 East Midlands 0 West Midlands 17.2 Eastern 10.5 South Eastern 38.2 Greater London 0 South Western 0
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of motorway are currently being planned in each of the regional areas.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to her reply, 7 February 1984, c. 573]: Mileages planned in each of the Department of Transport's regional office areas are as follows:
Miles Northern 0 Yorkshire and Humberside 0 North Western 25.1 East and West Midlands *60.8 Eastern 15.8 South Eastern 29.0 Greater London 0 South Western 0 including developments to the M40 which affect both regions. In addition, there are plans to widen 22.1 miles of existing motorways.
§ Dr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of motorway have been opened in the last five years in each of the regional areas.
§ Mrs. Chalker[pursuant to her reply, 7 February 1984, c. 573]: During the calendar years 1979–1983 inclusive, the following numbers of miles of motorway were opened in each of the Department of Transport's regional office areas:
Miles Northern 0 Yorkshire and Humberside 9.2 North Western 30.4 East Midlands 0 West Midlands *18.2 Eastern †39.4 South Eastern 58.8 Greater London 5.3 South Western 0 * In addition 5.5 miles of motorway widenings were opened. † In addition 6.4 miles of motorway widenings were opened.