HC Deb 14 November 1984 vol 67 cc268-73W
Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report, for each local authority in England, the following information from their transport policies and programmes submissions: (a) expenditure bid for 1984–85, (b) accepted expenditure for 1984–85, (c) latest forecast of outturn expenditure for 1984–85, and (d) expenditure bid for 1985–86 for (i) highway capital expenditure (distinguishing for 1985–86 that part of bid which will be eligible for transport supplementary grant), (ii) public transport capital expenditure, (iii) highway maintenance expenditure, and (iv) public transport revenue support expenditure, showing in each case the total for England as a whole.

Highways Capital Expenditure
£ million, cash
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1984–85 1985–86 Bid
Bid Accepted Forecast Outturn All Highway TSG Eligible
GLC 140.853 72.200 104.294 160.635 140.309
GMC 30.084 17.301 17.112 27.566 26.295
Merseyside 19.816 16.146 12.774 15.902 15.568
South Yorkshire 19.591 8.666 15.048 20.486 19.499
Tyne/Wear 15.400 6.700 10.290 17.960 16.800
West Midlands 37.829 21.673 31.716 38.692 38.515
West Yorkshire 28.900 15.334 21.045 27.030 22.535
Total Metropolitans 151.620 85.820 107.985 147.636 139.212
Avon 4.156 3.055 4.034 4.355 4.030
Bedford 5.137 4.539 5.638 6.120 5.837
Berkshire 23.378 11.100 14.189 17.327 14.382
Buckingham 10.534 9.108 6.938 11.777 11.186
Cambridge 8.517 6.747 7.858 8.961 6.838
Cheshire 7.621 6.066 6.611 9.250 8.200
Cleveland 12.648 9.080 9.463 11.416 11.416
Cornwall 7.858 7.508 7.508 7.730 6.030
Cumbria 6.473 4.000 4.476 7.821 7.632
Derbyshire 7.660 5.758 9.023 13.355 12.605
Devon 11.631 9.540 10.707 14.432 10.973
Dorset 14.200 13.127 13.657 16.932 16.577
Durham 8.081 6.712 6.677 7.195 6.753
East Sussex 9.904 5.606 9.228 10.251 7.810
Essex 20.160 14.455 15.078 18.305 14.132
Gloucester 6.563 4.606 6.623 6.991 5.598
Hampshire 18.615 15.760 16.000 19.260 19.091
Hereford/Worcester 9.252 8.493 6.174 8.784 7.173
Hertford 10.150 9.655 8.360 12.420 11.810
Humberside 12.316 11.691 11.342 11.895 11.388
Isle of Wight 3.455 2.116 2.454 3.265 3.007
Kent 19.562 16.307 16.354 23.587 21.829
Lancashire 24.168 16.040 15.657 24.428 22.831
Leicester 15.035 13.413 13.959 19.100 18.401
Lincoln 5.820 5.726 6.041 5.325 4.084
Norfolk 8.338 7.864 3.880 5.991 5.319
Northampton 19.220 11.785 11.670 21.125 20.650
Northumbria 3.834 3.789 2.736 3.530 3.122
North Yorkshire 9.895 7.304 7.443 13.317 10.126
Nottingham 12.617 9.450 9.602 12.432 10.296
Oxford 7.759 5.164 7.006 5.894 2.841
Shropshire 5.599 4.355 5.100 4.352 3.922
Somerset 7.166 6.024 6.067 7.135 5.925
Stafford 13.120 8.690 8.662 14.100 12.880
Suffolk 10.009 8.334 6.031 10.028 8.341
Surrey 9.349 9.349 8.684 9.427 8.017
Warwick 1.839 1.839 2.828 5.074 3.829
West Sussex 9.570 8.500 9.261 10.178 9.737
Wiltshire 8.718 6.657 8.848 10.298 4.054
Total Shires 409.927 319.312 331.867 433.163 378.672
England 702.400 477.332 544.146 741.434 658.193

Notes:

Columns (1)-(4) Includes capital expenditure on highway construction and improvement, traffic regulation, the provision of parking places, and vehicles, plant machinery and depots for road maintenance.

Column (5) Is capital expenditure on highways and the regulation of traffic only.

Mrs. Chalker

This information is given in the following tables. The breakdown of accepted capital expenditure between highways and public transport is based on the councils' priorities as stated in their 1984–85 transport policies and programmes.

Public transport capital expenditure
£ million cash
1984–85 1985–86
Bid Accepted Forecast outturn Bid
GLC 186.648 142.800 — —
GMC 11.578 5.245 8.358 14.661
Merseyside 24.740 7.550 6.670 6.968
South Yorkshire 2,215 0.000 0.337 0.290
Tyne/Wear 1.680 1.400 0.850 1.910
West Midlands 10.121 4.727 8.425 11.353
West Yorkshire 2.887 2.887 2.371 3.476
Total Metropolitans 53.221 21.809 27.011 38.658
Avon 0.158 0.085 0.086 0.115
Bedford 0.037 0.000 0.035 0.011
Berkshire 0.000 0.000 0.35 0.528
Buckingham 1.326 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cambridge .579 .438 .403 .289
Cheshire .674 .394 .424 .410
Cleveland .454 .454 .624 .196
Cornwall 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Cumbria .074 0.000 0.000 0.78
Derbyshire .465 .465 .198 0.000
Devon .958 .922 1.505 .216
Dorset .300 .300 .251 .368
Durham .591 0.000 .180 .481
East Sussex .022 0.000 .022 .139
Essex .088 .045 .031 .050
Gloucester .095 .095 .013 .029
Hampshire .435 .435 .423 .235
Hereford/Worcester .138 0.000 .033 .080
Hertford .200 .200 .015 .240
Humberside .212 .025 .456 .547
Isle of Wight .165 0.000 0.000 .182
Kent .052 .052 .052 .157
Lancashire .675 .010 .744 1.450
Leicester .625 0.000 .230 0.000
Lincoln .213 .213 .217 .160
Norfolk .071 0.000 .031 .214
Northampton .015 0.000 0.000 0.000
Northumberland .055 0.000 .001 .057
North Yorkshire .396 .396 .390 .343
Nottingham .790 0.000 .016 0.000
Oxford .379 .262 .017 0.000
Shropshire .045 .045 0.000 0.000
Somerset 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Stafford .280 .010 .030 .252
Suffolk 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Surrey 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Warwick 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Sussex 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Wiltshire .213 .213 .416 .128
Total Shires 10.780 5.059 6.878 6.955
England 250.649 169.668 — —

Notes:

  1. 1. Comparable figures for 1984–85 outturn and 1985–86 hid fox the GLC are not available, since the GLC is no longer responsible for London Transport.
  2. 2. Figures for Tyne and Wear exclude expenditure on the Metro.
  3. 3. Expenditure on new buses is not included.

Highway Maintenance Expenditure (£ million cash)
1984–85 1985–86
Bid Accepted Forecast outturn Bid
GLC 160.417 121.300 144.829 157.850
GMC 42.821 42.137 43.237 46.927
Merseyside 28.315 28.050 25.972 33.450
South Yorkshire 34.648 25.340 30.429 35.974
1984–85 1985–86
Bid Accepted Forecast outturn Bid
Tyne/Wear 22.600 21.925 24.808 25.800
West Midlands 51.845 46.755 49.859 56.353
West Yorkshire 43.723 37.477 36.602 45.795
Total Metropolitans 223.952 201.684 210.907 244.299
Avon 18.800 17.375 15.300 18.950
Bedford 10.660 10.121 9.553 11.739
Berkshire 9.533 9.535 9.482 10.202
Buckingham 11.348 10.505 10.791 11.880
Cambridge 10.826 10.313 9.789 9.787
Cheshire 19.250 18.140 16.375 20.100
Cleveland 13.780 11.102 11.719 16.590
Cornwall 12.430 12.380 11.858 12.750
Cumbria 15.041 14.700 11.880 13.505
Derbyshire 18.938 18.000 14.220 15.121
Devon 26.657 24.555 25.161 26.799
Dorset 13.490 12.654 12.634 13.900
Durham 13.484 13.484 12.851 13.581
East Sussex 9.903 9.903 9.794 11.938
Essex 27.854 26.208 25.089 29.526
Gloucester 10.570 10.256 10.301 10.343
Hampshire 22.191 22.191 22.449 23.723
Herefordshire/Worcestershire 14.610 12.295 11.990 15.344
Hertford 17.424 16.426 15.820 18.722
Humberside 19.718 19.533 18.963 20.173
Isle of Wight 3.970 3.970 2.849 3.565
Kent 28.643 26.992 27.174 30.613
Lancashire 36.678 29.892 28.035 38.599
Leicester 17.640 16.727 16.309 18.725
Lincoln 16.550 16.550 15.922 16.591
Norfolk 13.520 13.520 13.572 14.342
Northampton 10.360 10.300 9.380 11.050
Northumberland 9.000 9.000 8.696 9.127
North Yorkshire 21.560 21.560 19.510 22.753
Nottingham 18.783 17.120 16.642 16.964
Oxford 8.544 8.544 8.209 8.412
Shropshire 9.502 9.252 8.843 10.765
Somerset 11.350 11.155 11.736 12.347
Stafford 18.519 16.800 16.425 17.754
Suffolk 12.783 11.910 12.333 13.446
Surrey 18.805 18.805 17.485 18.478
Warwick 10.197 10.197 9.469 10.059
West Sussex 12.733 12.733 12.661 13.735
Wiltshire 10.839 9.908 10.857 11.465
Total Shires 606.485 574.611 552.126 623.463
England 990.854 897.595 907.862 1025.612

Expenditure on Public Transport Revenue Support
£ million cash
1984–85 1985–86
Bid Accepted Forecast outturn Bid
GLC 235.803 90.000 — —
GMC 63.900 42.000 49.223 59.000
Merseyside 70.690 34.000 66.000 68.000
South Yorkshire 68.200 12.200 59.200 n/a
Tyne/Wear 22.500 15.200 22.503 23.900
West Midlands 38.750 25.400 28.500 n/a
West Yorkshire 53.807 36.000 41.600 42.460
Total Metropolitans 317.847 164.800 267.026 —
Avon 4.900 4.455 4.800 5.040
Bedford 0.963 0.963 0.943 0.995
Berkshire 1.701 1.701 1.631 1.696
Buckingham 2.035 1.594 1.351 1.150
Cambridge 0.810 0.810 0.839 1.053
Cheshire 6.354 5.390 5.786 6.324
Cleveland 8.139 3.401 7.159 7.796
1984–85 1985–86
Bid Accepted Forecast outturn Bid
Cornwall 1.530 1.530 1.470 1.580
Cumbria 3.797 2.907 2.558 3.558
Derbyshire 6.011 5.515 5.142 5.667
Devon 1.515 1.515 1.168 1.282
Dorset 1.610 1.610 1.610 1.690
Durham 2.374 2.374 2.334 2.457
East Sussex 2.624 2.624 2.566 2.504
Essex 3.859 3.859 3.759 4.267
Gloucester 0.701 0.701 0.739 0.778
Hampshire 3.819 3.819 3.500 4.019
Hereford/Worcester 1.387 1.387 1.164 1.334
Hertford 8.404 6.002 7.686 6.269
Humberside 4.108 3.515 3.982 4.425
Isle of Wight 0.526 0.526 0.455 0.460
Kent 3.253 3.253 3.247 3.416
Lancashire 11.522 8.305 10.017 11.890
Leicester 2.564 2.564 2.354 2.910
Lincoln 0.921 0.921 0.818 0.889
Norfolk 1.118 1.108 1.041 1.074
Northampton 1.390 1.390 1.180 1.380
Northumberland 0.700 0.700 0.540 0.714
North Yorkshire 1.700 1.700 1.615 1.700
Nottingham 4.189 3.105 2.423 3.151
Oxford 0.331 0.331 0.450 0.539
Shropshire 0.934 0.934 0.919 1.078
Somerset 0.582 0.582 0.582 0.611
Stafford 4.380 4.380 4.380 4.610
Suffolk 0.576 0.576 0.443 0.609
Surrey 5.073 4.892 4.763 5.147
Warwick 0.650 0.650 0.415 0.680
West Sussex 2.361 2.339 1.859 2.000
Wiltshire 0.904 0.904 0.922 1.251
Total Shires 110.315 94.832 98.610 107.993
England 663.965 349.632 — —

National Bus Co Local authority vehicles (inc PTEs) Scottish Bus Grp London Transport Private
Number Tested 14,173 14,415 3,105 4,965 28,634
Number Failed 1,691 2,29 677 562 8,766
Percentage failed 11.93 15.60 21.80 11.32 30.61