HC Deb 29 April 1970 vol 800 cc324-7W
Mr. William Hamilton

asked the President of the Board of Trade what has been the capital expenditure at each airport in the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years; and what are the estimates for the current financial year.

Mr. Goronwy Roberts:

The following table shows the figures, where available, of the capital expenditure for each of the last eight financial years and the estimates for the current financial year at Board of Trade, British Airports Authority and local authority civil airports in the United Kingdom. I have no information regarding capital expenditure at private airports. It has not been possible, without disproportionate cost in the time available, to obtain figures for 1960 and 1961.

Following is the information:

1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 (Provisional) 1970–71 (Estimated)
Aberdeen 12,135 3,508 25,900 73,200
Belfast 301,742 204,678 182,400 351,900
Benbecula 826 1,609 4,125 2,000
Edinburgh 31,871 22,852 113,000 120,900
Glasgow (Renfrew) Closed down
Inverness 8,792 6,705 5,125 37,000
Islay 10,792 5,990 3,125 1,000
Kirkwall 5,956 73,223 30,125 2,000
Lands End and St. Marys 2,616
Machrihanish Transferred to Ministry of Defence
Stornoway 810 1,650 5,125 1,000
Sumburgh 11,352 6,765 15,125 40,000
Tiree 672 2,561 3,125 2,000
Wick 5,043 715 6,125 5,000

BRITISH AIRPORTS AUTHORITY AERODROMES
1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67
Gatwick 601,711 1,098,153 1,920,287 1,442,432 474,182
Heathrow 4,157,446 2,746,705 2,257,542 8,187,076 6,033,901
Prestwick 669,954 1,698,882 638,929 901,722 318,813
Stansted 49,996 63,127 69,467 71,083 37,673

1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 (Provisional) 1970–71 (Estimated)
Gatwick 650,695 371,797 1,262,000 3,933,000
Heathrow 9,289,569 11,388,350 9,547,000 9,040,000
Prestwick 256,534 197,315 549,000 729,000
Stansted 117,050 258,487 225,000 319,000
LOCAL AUTHORITY AERODROMES
1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67
Birmingham 33,514 157,391 79,706 415,291 542,384
Blackpool 42,781 16,800 17,871 20,553 275
Bournemouth 19,023 124,594 99,496 34,544 17,190
Bristol 15,500 67,500 89,400 68,981 18,788
Carlisle 13,174 13,874 4,900 345 2,576
Coventry 2,500 1,000 9,129 4,001
Dundee 3,330 4,435
East Midlands 65,000 1,153,625 343,408 108,032
Glamorgan 14,711 477 41,687 45,758 91,362
Glasgow 16,000 122,000 1,227,000 2,195,000 1,070,355
Gloucester 19,726 8,279
Ipswich 21,050
Kirmington
Leeds/Bradford 15,500 105,200 516,725 134,227 667,592
Liverpool 230,000 54,500 230,000 2,486,042 916,582
Luton 95,935 195,845 271,715 477,470 675,530
Newcastle 750 15,177 1,207,436 1,140,033 1,187,259
Norwich
Plymouth 4,775 5,000 2,832 2,079
Portsmouth 18,155 1,271
Ramsgate
Rochester 150,000 12,675 5,887
Shoreham
Southend 192,190 146,500 59,930 23,833 65,980
Sunderland 55,700 38,424 26,000 6,191 10,419
Swansea 24,391 5,400 105,000 177,761 49,343
Tees-Side 1,600 627,987 600,720
Wolverhampton
Manchester 1,163,887 281,366 413,143 187,389 229,796
1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71(Estimated)
Birmingham 295,349 260,949 Not available 397,500
Blackpool 2,062 24,233 Not available 29,440
Bournemouth 12,474 12,207 Not available 83,000
Bristol 22,303 504,700 Not available 283,600
Carlisle 32,970 10,319 Not available
Coventry 10,360 11,203 Not available
Dundee Not available
East Midlands 345,984 369,072 Not available 350,800
1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–77 (Estimated)
Glamorgan 72,006 297,964 Not available 1,431,500
Glasgow 492,302 267,101 Not available 1,280,000
Gloucester 201 5,142 Not available 47,700
Ipswich Not available
Kirmington Not available 50,800
Leeds/Bradford 488,446 107,343 Not available 1,318,500
Liverpool 179,008 167,234 Not available 45,000
Luton 280,069 594,300 Not available 1,264,000
Newcastle 385,176 243,958 Not available 342,650
Norwich 6,000 68,415 Not available 70,000
Plymouth Not available
Portsmouth Not available
Ramsgate Not available
Rochester Not available
Shoreham 5,815 Not available 125,000
Southend 32,145 4,431 Not available 35,000
Sunderland 14,302 19,801 Not available 30,224
Swansea 2,438 4,868 Not available 38,060
Tees-Side 60,508 28,942 Not available 52,750
Wolverhampton Not available
Manchester 1,136,763 910,508 Not available 1,076,430
Notes on Schedules of Capital Expenditure at Civil Airports:
1. Capital expenditure at local authority airports includes Government grant-aided expenditure.
2. The figures include capital expenditure in aerodrome navigation services.
3. The figures have been extracted from the Trading Accounts and Balance Sheets of the Ministry of Aviation and the Board of Trade, and obtained from the British Airports Authority and from local authorities.
4. Estimates of local authorities capital expenditure in 1970–71 are based on figures supplied by these authorities.
5. The 1969–70 and 1970–71 figures for Board of Trade aerodromes do not include the land acquisition costs in all cases.