HC Deb 17 July 1984 vol 64 cc122-3W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for all those projects shown in table I of the Supply Estimates 1984–85 class VI, I (a) the provision in the 1983–84 Estimates, (b) the actual expenditure to 31 March 1984, (c) the percentage by which the provision was underspent or overspent and (d) any delays to the expected completion date.

Mrs. Chalker

[pursuant to the reply, 13 July 1984]: The information requested is given as follows:

1984–85 Supply Estimates list 1983–84 Percentage variance between 1983–84 provision and expenditure 1983–84 Completion delayed to
Estimate £000 Expenditure £000
A40 Tatling End—Maple Cross 10,211 10,124 -1
Ancillary items 4,045 5,556 +37
M42 BIRMINGHAM—NOTTINGHAM MOTORWAY
Bromsgrove section
Lickey End contract 3,229 1,142 -65
Alvechurch contract 3,908 2,758 -29
Umberslade contract 4,851 7,379 +52 1985–86
Tamworth section
Polesworth south contract:
Polesworth north contract 1,774 291 -84 1986–87
Kingsbury contract 1,333 232 -83
Water Orton contract 2,953 0 -100 1986–87
Polesworth advance works 1,072 386 -64
Kingsbury advance works 37 182 +392
Water Orton advance works 106 208 +96
M65 CALDER VALLEY ROUTE
Whitebirk—Hyndburn 14,191
AI(M) LONDON—EDINBURGH—THURSO ROAD
Roestock—Stanborough 697 2,579 +270
M25 LONDON OUTER ORBITAL MOTORWAY*
Micklefield Green—South Mimms section
Micklefield Green Bedmond road; Bedmond road—A405 2,857 0 -100 1986–87
A405—The Bell; The Bell—A1 420 0 -100 1986–87
Ancillary items; Watford—St. Albans branch line bridge; Radlett bridge 1,489 1986–87
London—Penzance road
Marsh Mills—Manadon 7,381 12,678 +72
FELIXSTOWE—WEEDON AND LONDON—GREAT YARMOUTH ROAD
Ipswich southern and eastern bypass
Eastern section 2,182
Copdock—Washbrook 5,174
Orwell bridge 2,029
Western section 1,186
Southern section, east 664
Southern section, west 541
Advance earthworks 0
LIVERPOOL—LEEDS—HULL ROAD
South Docks road, Hull
Main works 5,753 10,105 +76
Advance works 148 134 -9
Advance works—St. Andrews dock
LONDON—GREAT YARMOUTH ROAD
Chelmsford bypass
LONDON—FOLKESTONE—DOVER ROAD
Sidcup bypass
Bexley main contract 4,672 257 -94 1987–88
Bexley civil engineering contract 305 395 +30
Bexley statutory undertakings 498 793 +59
LONDON—CARLISLE—GLASGOW—INVERNESS
Chapel-en-le-Frith bypass 2,795 0
* The M25 will be completed in 1986.
†No separate estimate printed.