§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the latest cost of using detective agencies in connection with road building schemes in the last five financial years; and what has been the cost in respect of each scheme.
§ Mr. WattsThis is an operational matter for the Highways Agency. The cost to date, encompassing the last five financial years, is £563,450. The expenditure an individual schemes is as follows:
£ M3 Bar End-Compton 267,000 A12 Hackney Wick M11 link 185,000 A4/A46 Batheaston/Swainswick bypass 109,000 All Besthorpe-Wymindham 450 M6S Blackburn southern bypass 2,000