Highway Authorities (Finance) (Hansard, 16 February 1989)

§ Ms. Ruddock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in theOfficial Report for each highway authority in England (a) its bid for capital allocations and transport supplementary grant for 1989–90, (b) the allocation announced in each case, (c) the allocation as a percentage of the bid in each case and (d) the percentage of each authority's transport supplementary grant allocation attributable to minor works.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
The information requested is given in the following tables:

Capital allocation for local roads 1989–90

Highway Authority Bid Allocation Allocation as percentage of bid

£ million £ million Per cent

(A) (B) (C)

City of London 1.867 0.630 33.7

Barking and Dagenham 6.318 4.580 72.5

Barnet 2.003 0.790 39.4

Bexley 3.566 2.780 78.0

Brent 3.200 1.190 37.2

Bromley 9.998 8.580 85.8

Camden 3.256 0.260 8.0

Croydon 6.357 1.110 17.5

Ealing 12.373 7.450 60.2

Enfield 24.817 24.210 97.6

Greenwich 4.698 2.590 55.1

Hackney 4.349 1.550 35.6

Hammersmith and Fulham 6.794 0.410 6.0

Haringey 14.453 11.880 82.2

Harrow 9.120 8.980 98.5

Havering 1.063 0.960 90.3

Hillingdon 20.676 10.340 50.0

Hounslow 3.463 1.630 47.1

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Highway Authority Bid Allocation Allocation as percentage of bid

£ million £ million Per cent

Islington 2.012 0.530 26.3

Kensington and Chelsea 2.005 1.570 78.3

Kingston upon Thames 4.980 3.870 77.7

Lambeth 0.957 0.610 63.7

Lewisham 12.492 11.030 88.3

Merton 13.713 9.400 68.5

Newham 6.979 2.420 34.7

Redbridge 3.243 0.900 27.8

Richmond upon Thames 1.360 0.610 44.9

Southwark 7.490 5.610 74.9

Sutton 8.556 2.330 27.2

Tower Hamlets 0.873 0.420 48.1

Waltham Forest 2.421 1.250 51.6

Wandsworth 7.584 2.690 35.5

Westminster 18.785 2.020 10.8

Bolton 3.537 1.770 50.0

Bury 4.238 3.620 85.4

Manchester 13.078 4.230 32.3

Oldham 8.355 2.700 32.3

Rochdale 4.323 1.160 26.8

Salford 10.007 5.600 56.0

Stockport 2.536 0.600 23.7

Tameside 2.916 1.500 51.4

Trafford 14.706 4.240 28.8

Wigan 4.399 3.210 73.0

Knowsley 2.185 0.750 34.3

Liverpool 6.688 4.420 66.1

St. Helens 5.903 4.850 82.2

Sefton 1.425 0.920 64.6

Wirral 3.930 2.610 66.4

Barnsley 4.811 1.730 36.0

Doncaster 3.709 1.900 51.2

Rotherham 3.742 2.020 54.0

Sheffield 9.077 2.330 25.7

Gateshead 7.815 4.760 60.9

Newcastle upon Tyne 9.297 6.010 64.6

North Tyneside 2.035 0.830 40.8

South Tyneside 3.004 1.290 42.9

Sunderland 5.932 2.740 46.2

Birmingham 19.980 11.200 56.1

Coventry 9.202 6.500 70.6

Dudley 7.848 1.650 21.0

Sandwell 5.074 2.550 50.3

Solihull 2.207 1.270 57.5

Walsall 4.562 2.550 55.9

Wolverhampton 7.586 4.300 56.7

Bradford 11.919 6.240 52.4

Calderdale 3.697 1.670 45.2

Kirklees 4.599 1.840 40.0

Leeds 6.568 4.300 65.5

Wakefield 6.759 1.300 19.2

Avon 13.910 10.140 72.9

Bedfordshire 10.701 9.050 84.6

Berkshire 12.743 4.880 38.3

Buckinghamshire 7.217 2.730 37.8

Cambridgeshire 15.309 5.710 37.3

Cheshire 12.340 6.310 51.1

Cleveland 13.520 9.720 71.9

Cornwall 9.210 4.390 47.7

Cumbria 4.270 1.630 38.2

Derbyshire 11.000 4.130 37.5

Devon 15.055 4.900 32.5

Dorset 14.978 7.540 50.3

Durham 9.144 4.640 50.7

East Sussex 16.065 6.720 41.8

Essex 28.190 15.430 54.7

Gloucestershire 8.122 3.930 48.4

Hampshire 19.726 10.880 55.2

Hereford and Worcester 4.204 2.300 54.7

Hertfordshire 11.591 7.950 68.6

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Highway Authority Bid Allocation Allocation as percentage of bid

£ million £ million Per cent

Humberside 14.346 11.920 83.1

Isle of Wight 4.385 1.470 33.5

Kent 43.654 25.000 57.3

Lancashire 26.369 12.820 48.6

Leicestershire 17.300 8.940 51.7

Lincolnshire 6.540 3.030 46.3

Norfolk 12.469 4.160 33.4

Northamptonshire 14.672 9.340 63.7

Northumberland 5.001 2.380 47.6

North Yorkshire 11.789 7.330 62.2

Transport Supplementary Grant 1989–90

Highway authority Bid for TSG Gross accepted expenditure Gross accepted expenditure as percentage of bid Accepted expenditure for minor works as percentage of column E

£ million (D) £ million (E) per cent. (F) per cent. (G)

City of London 1.368 0.388 28.4 100.0

Barking and Dagenham 4.884 4.590 94.0 9.6

Barnet 0.538 0.582 108.2 100.0

Bexley 3.136 2.536 80.9 12.8

Brent 1.500 0.900 60.0 44.4

Bromley 9.033 7.666 84.9 16.4

Camden 0.175 0.172 98.3 100.0

Croydon 1.275 0.588 46.1 100.0

Ealing 7.508 6.440 85.8 16.2

Enfield 24.049 23.916 99.4 1.7

Greenwich 4.626 1.596 34.5 39.4

Hackney 2.515 0.820 32.6 100.0

Hammersmith and Fulham 2.280 0.284 12.5 100.0

Haringey 13.361 11.824 88.5 1.9

Harrow 7.700 7.750 100.6 8.4

Havering 0.353 0.414 117.3 72.0

Hillingdon 17.755 15.260 85.9 6.7

Hounslow 3.020 1.578 52.3 42.5

Islington 0.806 0.296 36.7 100.0

Kensington and Chelsea 1.802 1.566 86.9 8.5

Kingston upon Thames 4.373 4.022 92.0 11.5

Lambeth 0.347 0.364 104.9 100.0

Lewisham 11.168 10.628 95.2 5.2

Merton 12.963 9.410 72.6 3.6

Newham 2.300 2.044 88.9 16.8

Redbridge 1.851 0.678 36.6 89.1

Richmond upon Thames 0.795 0.326 41.0 100.0

Southwark 5.806 5.354 92.2 9.0

Sutton 2.720 1.914 70.4 23.4

Tower Hamlets 0.873 0.140 16.0 100.0

Waltham Forest 1.571 1.102 70.1 60.0

Wandsworth 4.183 1.816 43.4 54.6

Westminster 13.799 1.800 13.1 27.8

Bolton 2.227 1.586 71.2 21.8

Bury 3.493 3.396 97.2 12.8

Manchester 6.865 3.006 43.8 37.8

Oldham 4437 2.394 54.0 26.9

Rochdale 1.316 0.526 40.0 100.0

Salford 9.312 5.582 59.9 5.1

Stockport 0.987 0.186 18.8 100.0

Tameside 1.263 1.182 93.6 29.7

Trafford 11.421 3.530 30.9 14.9

Wigan 3.629 3.296 90.8 16.9

Knowsley 1.340 0.596 44.5 73.2

Liverpool 4.138 3.574 86.4 19.6

St. Helens 5.538 4.608 83.2 7.0

Sefton 0.944 0.654 69.3 54.4

Wirral 3.310 2.568 77.6 13.7

Barnsley 3.172 1.490 47.0 30.4

Doncaster 2.075 1.472 70.9 14.5

Rotherham 2.340 1.426 60.9 29.9

Sheffield 6.693 1.870 27.9 39.1

Gateshead 6.124 4.900 80.0 7.1

Newcastle upon Tyne 7.680 6.026 78.5 7.4

North Tyneside 1.805 0.620 34.3 100.0

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Highway Authority Bid Allocation Allocation as percentage of bid

£ million £ million Per cent

Nottinghamshire 15.981 5.830 36.5

Oxfordshire 11.139 3.560 32.0

Shropshire 6.729 3.800 56.5

Somerset 13.548 8.680 64.1

Staffordshire 13.000 7.660 58.9

Suffolk 11.798 4.350 36.9

Surrey 17.675 11.400 64.5

Warwickshire 11.375 7.280 64.0

West Sussex 7.662 3.300 43.1

Wiltshire 3.191 1.430 44.8

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Highway authority Bid for TSG
£ million
(D)
Gross accepted expenditure Gross accepted expenditure as percentage of bid Accepted expenditure for minor works as percentage of column E

£ million (D) £ million (E) per cent. (F) per cent. (G)

South Tyneside 1.985 0.830 41.8 24.7

Sunderland 5.125 2.380 46.4 24.4

Birmingham 17.663 9.658 84.7 10.4

Coventry 7.817 6.106 78.1 3.3

Dudley 6.648 0.836 12.6 77.8

Sandwell 4.089 2.386 58.4 16.4

Solihull 1.487 1.052 70.7 11.4

Walsall 2.339 2.144 91.7 10.8

Wolverhampton 4.969 4.396 88.5 7.3

Bradford 7.300 6.306 86.4 10.9

Calderdale 1.463 0.168 11.5 100.0

Kirklees 2.110 1.250 59.2 31.8

Leeds 3.816 3.132 82.1 24.5

Wakefield 3.013 0.616 20.4 100.0

Avon 12.274 9.892 80.6 7.2

Bedfordshire 10.392 8.206 79.0 5.4

Berkshire 10.749 4.390 40.8 10.9

Buckinghamshire 2.994 2.658 88.8 2.0

Cambridgeshire 6.770 5.346 79.0 8.6

Cheshire 6.821 5.552 81.4 5.1

Cleveland 10.622 9.584 90.2 4.4

Cornwall 6.690 3.486 52.1 8.8

Cumbria 2.346 1.280 54.6 44.1

Derbyshire 3.781 3.080 81.5 18.9

Devon 11.661 3.486 29.9 17.3

Dorset 14.117 6.204 43.9 10.3

Durham 8.447 4.480 53.0 15.6

East Sussex 11.768 5.064 43.0 10.1

Essex 21.850 15.048 68.9 5.2

Gloucestershire 6.822 3.126 45.8 8.6

Hampshire 11.295 10.164 90.0 5.0

Hereford and Worcester 2.385 1.942 81.4 36.0

Hertfordshire 8.201 8.200 100.0 0.1

Humberside 13.130 10.442 79.5 5.5

Isle of Wight 3.513 1.050 29.9 100.0

Kent 34.779 22.862 65.7 4.1

Lancashire 22.003 12.370 56.2 6.8

Leicestershire 11.349 8.742 77.0 7.7

Lincolnshire 3.752 2.378 63.4 52.4

Norfolk 8.777 3.682 42.0 25.4

Northamptonshire 12.792 8.400 65.7 10.0

Northumberland 3.518 1.026 29.2 37.3

North Yorkshire 8.049 6.856 85.2 10.8

Nottinghamshire 6.793 5.008 73.7 13.3

Oxfordshire 7.641 0.896 11.7 55.7

Shropshire 4.674 3.358 71.8 4.8

Somerset 9.919 8.070 81.4 3.1

Staffordshire 9.279 5.984 64.5 13.4

Suffolk 8.188 3.920 47.9 8.8

Surrey 15.727 11.268 71.6 5.6

Warwickshire 9.325 7.418 79.5 10.3

West Sussex 5.513 3.052 55.4 14.1

Wiltshire 1.978 0.818 41.4 73.3

Notes:

¹ Column F does not take into account any adjustments arising from underspends on accepted expenditure in previous years.

² Transport supplementary grant will be paid at a flat rate of 50 per cent. of net accepted expenditure (ie after adjustment).

³ For London, accepted expenditure for transport supplementary grant includes boroughs' shares of expenditure on urban traffic control managed by the City of London on behalf of the Secretary of State which is excluded from boroughs' bid. Hence the gross accepted expenditure, before adjustments, of some London authorities is greater than their TSG bid.

§ Ms. Ruddock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has now received the report of an efficiency scrutiny into his Department's activities in relation to local authorities' capital expenditure on roads; when he intends to publish the scrutiny and his response to its recommendations; and whether he intends to seek the views of the local authority associations before doing so.

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
My right hon. Friend has received this report and will make a statement about its publication288W soon. The local authority associations have already been consulted on a number of the recommendations. Their views on some others which affect local authorities will be sought before final decisions on implementation are taken.

Capital allocation for local roads 1989–90
Highway Authority	Bid	Allocation	Allocation as percentage of bid
	£ million	£ million	Per cent
	(A)	(B)	(C)
City of London	1.867	0.630	33.7
Barking and Dagenham	6.318	4.580	72.5
Barnet	2.003	0.790	39.4
Bexley	3.566	2.780	78.0
Brent	3.200	1.190	37.2
Bromley	9.998	8.580	85.8
Camden	3.256	0.260	8.0
Croydon	6.357	1.110	17.5
Ealing	12.373	7.450	60.2
Enfield	24.817	24.210	97.6
Greenwich	4.698	2.590	55.1
Hackney	4.349	1.550	35.6
Hammersmith and Fulham	6.794	0.410	6.0
Haringey	14.453	11.880	82.2
Harrow	9.120	8.980	98.5
Havering	1.063	0.960	90.3
Hillingdon	20.676	10.340	50.0
Hounslow	3.463	1.630	47.1

Transport Supplementary Grant 1989–90
Highway authority	Bid for TSG	Gross accepted expenditure	Gross accepted expenditure as percentage of bid	Accepted expenditure for minor works as percentage of column E
	£ million (D)	£ million (E)	per cent. (F)	per cent. (G)
City of London	1.368	0.388	28.4	100.0
Barking and Dagenham	4.884	4.590	94.0	9.6
Barnet	0.538	0.582	108.2	100.0
Bexley	3.136	2.536	80.9	12.8
Brent	1.500	0.900	60.0	44.4
Bromley	9.033	7.666	84.9	16.4
Camden	0.175	0.172	98.3	100.0
Croydon	1.275	0.588	46.1	100.0
Ealing	7.508	6.440	85.8	16.2
Enfield	24.049	23.916	99.4	1.7
Greenwich	4.626	1.596	34.5	39.4
Hackney	2.515	0.820	32.6	100.0
Hammersmith and Fulham	2.280	0.284	12.5	100.0
Haringey	13.361	11.824	88.5	1.9
Harrow	7.700	7.750	100.6	8.4
Havering	0.353	0.414	117.3	72.0
Hillingdon	17.755	15.260	85.9	6.7
Hounslow	3.020	1.578	52.3	42.5
Islington	0.806	0.296	36.7	100.0
Kensington and Chelsea	1.802	1.566	86.9	8.5
Kingston upon Thames	4.373	4.022	92.0	11.5
Lambeth	0.347	0.364	104.9	100.0
Lewisham	11.168	10.628	95.2	5.2
Merton	12.963	9.410	72.6	3.6
Newham	2.300	2.044	88.9	16.8
Redbridge	1.851	0.678	36.6	89.1
Richmond upon Thames	0.795	0.326	41.0	100.0
Southwark	5.806	5.354	92.2	9.0
Sutton	2.720	1.914	70.4	23.4
Tower Hamlets	0.873	0.140	16.0	100.0
Waltham Forest	1.571	1.102	70.1	60.0
Wandsworth	4.183	1.816	43.4	54.6
Westminster	13.799	1.800	13.1	27.8
Bolton	2.227	1.586	71.2	21.8
Bury	3.493	3.396	97.2	12.8
Manchester	6.865	3.006	43.8	37.8
Oldham	4437	2.394	54.0	26.9
Rochdale	1.316	0.526	40.0	100.0
Salford	9.312	5.582	59.9	5.1
Stockport	0.987	0.186	18.8	100.0
Tameside	1.263	1.182	93.6	29.7
Trafford	11.421	3.530	30.9	14.9
Wigan	3.629	3.296	90.8	16.9
Knowsley	1.340	0.596	44.5	73.2
Liverpool	4.138	3.574	86.4	19.6
St. Helens	5.538	4.608	83.2	7.0
Sefton	0.944	0.654	69.3	54.4
Wirral	3.310	2.568	77.6	13.7
Barnsley	3.172	1.490	47.0	30.4
Doncaster	2.075	1.472	70.9	14.5
Rotherham	2.340	1.426	60.9	29.9
Sheffield	6.693	1.870	27.9	39.1
Gateshead	6.124	4.900	80.0	7.1
Newcastle upon Tyne	7.680	6.026	78.5	7.4
North Tyneside	1.805	0.620	34.3	100.0

Highway authority	Bid for TSG £ million (D)	Gross accepted expenditure	Gross accepted expenditure as percentage of bid	Accepted expenditure for minor works as percentage of column E
	£ million (D)	£ million (E)	per cent. (F)	per cent. (G)
South Tyneside	1.985	0.830	41.8	24.7
Sunderland	5.125	2.380	46.4	24.4
Birmingham	17.663	9.658	84.7	10.4
Coventry	7.817	6.106	78.1	3.3
Dudley	6.648	0.836	12.6	77.8
Sandwell	4.089	2.386	58.4	16.4
Solihull	1.487	1.052	70.7	11.4
Walsall	2.339	2.144	91.7	10.8
Wolverhampton	4.969	4.396	88.5	7.3
Bradford	7.300	6.306	86.4	10.9
Calderdale	1.463	0.168	11.5	100.0
Kirklees	2.110	1.250	59.2	31.8
Leeds	3.816	3.132	82.1	24.5
Wakefield	3.013	0.616	20.4	100.0
Avon	12.274	9.892	80.6	7.2
Bedfordshire	10.392	8.206	79.0	5.4
Berkshire	10.749	4.390	40.8	10.9
Buckinghamshire	2.994	2.658	88.8	2.0
Cambridgeshire	6.770	5.346	79.0	8.6
Cheshire	6.821	5.552	81.4	5.1
Cleveland	10.622	9.584	90.2	4.4
Cornwall	6.690	3.486	52.1	8.8
Cumbria	2.346	1.280	54.6	44.1
Derbyshire	3.781	3.080	81.5	18.9
Devon	11.661	3.486	29.9	17.3
Dorset	14.117	6.204	43.9	10.3
Durham	8.447	4.480	53.0	15.6
East Sussex	11.768	5.064	43.0	10.1
Essex	21.850	15.048	68.9	5.2
Gloucestershire	6.822	3.126	45.8	8.6
Hampshire	11.295	10.164	90.0	5.0
Hereford and Worcester	2.385	1.942	81.4	36.0
Hertfordshire	8.201	8.200	100.0	0.1
Humberside	13.130	10.442	79.5	5.5
Isle of Wight	3.513	1.050	29.9	100.0
Kent	34.779	22.862	65.7	4.1
Lancashire	22.003	12.370	56.2	6.8
Leicestershire	11.349	8.742	77.0	7.7
Lincolnshire	3.752	2.378	63.4	52.4
Norfolk	8.777	3.682	42.0	25.4
Northamptonshire	12.792	8.400	65.7	10.0
Northumberland	3.518	1.026	29.2	37.3
North Yorkshire	8.049	6.856	85.2	10.8
Nottinghamshire	6.793	5.008	73.7	13.3
Oxfordshire	7.641	0.896	11.7	55.7
Shropshire	4.674	3.358	71.8	4.8
Somerset	9.919	8.070	81.4	3.1
Staffordshire	9.279	5.984	64.5	13.4
Suffolk	8.188	3.920	47.9	8.8
Surrey	15.727	11.268	71.6	5.6
Warwickshire	9.325	7.418	79.5	10.3
West Sussex	5.513	3.052	55.4	14.1
Wiltshire	1.978	0.818	41.4	73.3
Notes:
¹ Column F does not take into account any adjustments arising from underspends on accepted expenditure in previous years.
² Transport supplementary grant will be paid at a flat rate of 50 per cent. of net accepted expenditure (ie after adjustment).
³ For London, accepted expenditure for transport supplementary grant includes boroughs' shares of expenditure on urban traffic control managed by the City of London on behalf of the Secretary of State which is excluded from boroughs' bid. Hence the gross accepted expenditure, before adjustments, of some London authorities is greater than their TSG bid.