§ 50. Mr. Fitchasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in view of the fact that revenue from motorway service areas is not shown as an offset against motorway expenditure in the roads and transport budget, he will either take steps to exclude the expenditure incurred by central Government on provision of service areas from the motorway and trunk road budget, or include both revenue and cost in the roads and transport budget, as is the case for car parks.
§ Mr. HoramFor the purposes of the annual public expenditure survey, receipts from motorway service area leases are treated in accordance with national accounting definitions, namely, as492W receipts from the ownership of land, property or buildings, and are not offset against expenditure. These receipts are, however, shown as offsets against expenditure for Parliamentary Vote and Supply—see Supply Estimates Class VI, Vote 1, AZ(1).