§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what allocation his Department gave Staffordshire county council for(a) capital road building programmes, (b) the maintenance of existing trunk roads and (c) other works relating to pedestrian safety for the years 1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90; and what was the imputed amount assigned for works within Stoke-on-Trent boundaries in each of these years.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[holding answer 27 April 1989]: It is not possible to separate expenditure on work solely related to pedestrian safety. Pedestrian safety is one objective of the programme of new construction and maintenance on national roads in Staffordshire. It is also an objective of the highway authority's programme of new construction and maintenance on its own roads.
The capital allocations for new construction of local roads in Staffordshire are as follows:
£ million 1987–88 10.21 1988–89 8.67 1989–90 7.66 The council received about £3 million of transport supplementary grant in each of these years.
Expenditure on local roads maintenance is the responsibility of the county council.
Its expenditure on this function has however fallen short of its grant-related expenditure assessment in each of the last three years.
The national roads programme is not analysed by local authority areas.
No separate figures are available for expenditure within Stoke-on-Trent.