§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Transport which roads in the West Midlands county were found in the national road maintenance condition survey compiled by his department in co-operation with local authorities to have defects in respect of cracking, rutting and potholes; what was the level of participation by local authorities in the county in preparing this report; and what action he proposes to take as a result of the findings.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyCounty data for the national road maintenance condition survey are confidential. Results for the West Midlands region as a whole (five counties), and for metropolitan areas as a whole, will be published in a few weeks. Inspections for the West Midland county area in 1985 were carried out by the county council at 177 randomly selected sites on all-purpose trunk roads, principal roads, other classified roads, and unclassified roads.
At a national level, we have increased the public expenditure provision on both local and national road maintenance for 1986/87.