HC Deb 08 June 1998 vol 313 c416W
Mr. Maclean

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish the Highways Maintenance Budget for Cumbria for each of the last 10 years. [44859]

Ms Glenda Jackson

Figures for Cumbria County Council's net current expenditure on highways maintenance are only available for the last eight years, as listed.

Year £000
1990–91 23,460
1991–92 24,031
1992–93 24,358
1993–94 22,607
1994–95 23,558
1995–96 22,066
1996–97 23,974
1997–98 122,365
1 Provisional outturn

The budget estimate for 1998–99 is £22,781,000.