§ 37. Mr. Chapmanasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his latest estimate of the funds allocated to the construction of new roads in 1985–86; and what was the outturn figure for each of the last three years.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe information requested is as follows:
Expenditure on the construction of new roads in England £ million 1982–83 1983–84 *1984–85 †1985–86 National (trunk) roads 529 514 569 598 Local roads 407 456 491 502 Total 936 970 1,060 1,100 *Provisional †Planned.