§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the amount per mile spent on road maintenance by each county council in England on roads for which it has responsibilities for 1975–76, 1976–77 and 1977–78.
§ Mr. William RodgersFollowing is the information for 1975–76. Information for the two years 1976–77 and 1977–78 is not yet available; but it is expected that the information for 1976–7720W will be available shortly, when I shall write to my hon. Friend.
County Maintenance expenditure per mile of non-trunk road*,† £ Avon 1,774 (1,788) Bedfordshire 2,370 (2,545) Berkshire 2,418 (2,431) Buckinghamshire 1,908 (1,908) Cambridgeshire 1,387 (1,384) Cheshire 2,259 (2,310) Cleveland 2,455 (2,463) Cornwall 841 (856) Cumbria 1,164 (1,172) Derbyshire 1,822 (1,866) Devon 1,043 (1,066) Dorset 1,112 (1,179) Durham 2,015 (2,080) East Sussex 1,892 (1,924) Essex 1,886 (1,929) Gloucestershire 931 (932) Greater London‡ 12,415(14,057) Greater Manchester 1,697 (2,051) Hampshire 1,554 (1,530) Hereford and Worcester 1,061 (1,063) Hertfordshire 2,790 (2,918) Humberside 1,602 (1,703) Isle of Wight 1,664 (1,664) Kent 1,983 (2,146) Lancashire 2,355 (2,372) Leicestershire 1,577 (1,573) Lincolnshire 1,137 (1,137) Merseyside 2,949 (2,949) Norfolk 845 (861) Northamptonshire 1,512 (1,521) Northumberland 1,062 (1,068) North Yorkshire 1,488 (1,505) Nottinghamshire 1,917 (1,918) Oxfordshire 1,159 (1,237) Salop 902 (907) Somerset 854 (852) South Yorkshire 1,412 (1,508) Staffordshire 1,742 (1,743) Suffolk 1,085 (1,110) Surrey 2,089 (2,140) Tyne and Wear 2,832 (2,985) Warwickshire 2,051 (2,067) West Midlands 2,985 (3,223) West Sussex 2,048 (2,045) West Yorkshire 3,261 (3,261) Wiltshire 1,073 (1,097) * Figures in brackets take account also of expenditure—or net income—reported by district councils as having been incurred by them on road maintenance. † Including expenditure on cleansing, gritting and snow clearing. ‡ Principal roads only. Non-principal roads in Greater London are the responsibility of the London boroughs. For all non-trunk roads in Greater London the aggregate expenditure of the Greater London Council and all the London boroughs amounts to £5,425 per mile.