HC Deb 30 November 1987 vol 123 c430W
58. Mr. Forth

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the current level of investment in motorway and trunk road maintenance; and what was the comparable figure in 1979.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Provision has been made for £248 million to be spent on capital maintenance in the present financial year. The corresponding figure for 1978–79 was £46 million. This represents an increase in real terms of about two and a half.