HC Deb 19 December 1989 vol 164 c197W
Mr. Thornton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide estimates showing for each financial year from 1987–88 to 1990–91 the amount of actual or planned expenditure designed to support the urban programme.

Mr. Atkins

Each year about £10 million of the public expenditure plans for local authority transport capital expenditure are incorporated within the urban programme administered by the Department of the Environment. The amounts spent on local transport were:

Year £ million
1987–88 10.527
1988–89 110.661
1989–90 110.822
1 Estimated.

Accidents involving stationary vehicles on motorways: Greater Manchester: 1984–1988
Severity of Accidents Severity of Casualties
Fatal Serious Total Fatal Serious Slight Total
1984 0 5 5 0 5 1 6
1985 1 6 7 1 6 3 10
1986 0 4 4 0 4 4 8
1987 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 2 5 7 2 6 7 15

Stationary vehicles include those stopped or parked, and vehicles waiting to go ahead but held up.

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