Road and Transport Budget

HC Deb 19 December 1979 vol 976 cc228-30W

Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will break down the Welsh road and transport budget for the years 1974–75 to 1980–81 into the detailed form found in table 2.6 of Cmnd. 7439.

Mr. Michael Roberts

Information for the years 1974–75 to 1979–80 in the form requested is given in the following table. The totals for 1980–81 are in the form published in Cmnd. 7746—the Government's expenditure plans 1980–81. All figures are expressed in 1979 survey prices.

ROADS AND TRANSPORT, WALES
						(1979 Survey Prices) to nearest £ million
	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80	1980–81
Motorways and Trunk Roads
New construction and improvement	31	66	73	51	51	58	71
Maintenance	8	10	10	9	12	10
TOTAL:	39	76	83	60	63	68
Local Transport
Current:
Roads—maintenance	47	42	40	42	44	38	58
Car Parks	—	—	—	—	—	—
Other Expenditure	—	—	—	—	—	—
Local Authority Administration	13	12	12	12	12	12
Passenger transport subsidies:
Bus	2	4	8	6	6	7
Concessionary fares	3	4	4	4	4	5
Capital:
Roads—new construction and improvement	39	35	31	27	30	37	29
Car Parks	4	1	1	1	1	1
Public transport investment	—	—	—	1	1	1
TOTAL:	108	98	96	93	98	101	87
Central Government Administration	1	2	2	2	1	2	2
GRAND TOTAL:	148	176	181	155	162	171	160