HC Deb 26 January 1984 vol 52 cc682-3W
Mr. Gregory

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the difference between the outturn and planned expenditure for each year since 1974–75 by the Greater London council, the metropolitan county councils, the non-metropolitan county councils, the London boroughs, and the metropolitan districts for (a) road construction, (b) road maintenance and (c) total road expenditure.

Mrs. Chalker

Figures comparing outturn and planned expenditure since 1974–75 by type of expenditure and class of authority are given as follows where available. Because plans and outturn are available only on different price bases, actual plans and expenditure figures have been given rather than differences.

Local authorities' capital allocations for transport are treated as a single block which they are free to allocate between roads and public transport. Separate figures for planned expenditure on road construction by different classes of authority are therefore not available.

1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
(b) Outturn Cash Outturn (Price Base)
n/a n/a 246 182 210 278 337 309 394
II. ROAD MAINTENANCE
CLASS OF AUTHORITY
(a) Planned Expenditure November 73 November 74 November 75 November 76 November 77 November 78 November 79 Cash (Price Base)
All London n/a 41 54 56 57 65 72 74 112
Metropolitan Counties n/a 53 63 75 85 99 111 117 179
Shire Counties n/a 147 170 204 232 271 296 326 496
Total England n/a 241 287 335 374 435 479 517 787
(b) Outturn Expenditure Cash Outturn (Price Base)
Greater London Council n/a n/a n/a 15 19 23 28 40 44
London Boroughs n/a n/a n/a 49 55 64 75 87 96
All London n/a n/a n/a 64 74 87 103 127 140
Metropolitan Counties n/a n/a n/a 92 109 125 154 183 183
Metropolitan Districts n/a n/a n/a 1 1 2 2
All Metropolitan Authorities n/a n/a n/a 93 109 125 155 185 185
Shire Counties n/a n/a n/a 251 306 345 390 463 502
Shire Districts n/a n/a n/a 10 9 10 12 13 13
All Shires n/a n/a n/a 261 315 355 402 476 515
Total England n/a n/a 385 418 498 567 660 788 840
III. ROAD CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE COMBINED
TOTAL ENGLAND
(a) Planned Expenditure November 73 November 74 November 75 November 76 November 77 November 78 November 79 Cash (Price Base)
n/a 436 518 478 522 646 674 756 1,192
(b) Outturn Cash Outturn (Price Base)
n/a n/a 631 600 798 845 997 1,097 1,234
n/a="Not available.

Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how much public money has been spent on bypasses in Bedfordshire during the past 10 years; and if he will give a list of the villages by passed.

Mrs. Chalker

£9.06 million. The villages bypassed are Wilstead, Silsoe, Elstow, Ampthill and Maulden. The first three were bypassed by trunk road schemes provided by my Department, the other two by a county road scheme. In addition the county council has spent £9.60 million on the central and southern sections of its Luton east circular road scheme already open to traffic and, to date, £2.88 million on its Kempston southern relief road, which is planned to open to traffic on 30 January.

Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what state funds have been spent on major roads in Bedfordshire in the past decade.

Mrs. Chalker

The following central Government funds have been spent on trunk roads in the county:

Year £ Million
1976–77 2.74
1977–78 3.51
1978–79 3.94
1979–80 6.56
1980–81 4.98
1981–82 6.88
1982–83 10.28
1983–84 7.89