§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in the Official Report the total pretender estimated cost of all trunk road schemes let in 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980, together with the total accepted tender price in each year; and if he will list the same information for each trunk road contract let in 1980.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information for schemes costing over £1 million is as follows:
Pre-tender estimate Accepted tender £ million £ million 1977 139.2 118.7 1978 134.6 114.9 1979 183.5 173.4 1980 178.4 190.0 Contracts let in 1980 A13 Newham A13/A117 Junction Improvement 1.3 1.5 A19 Billingham Diversion 10.9 12.0 A31 Wimborne By-pass 4.5 5.1 A31 Bere Regis By-pass 2.9 2.3 A34 Kingsworthy—Bullington (Sutton Scotney By-pass) 7.2 8.0 A120 Colchester Eastern By-pass 17.2 16.8 M1 widening 24.0 27.2 M25 A10—M11 Contract 1 27.2 28.6 M25 M11—A12 Contract 1 17.9 21.2 M25 M11—A12 Contract 2 21.5 19.9 M25 A13—A12 Contract 3 32.5 31.1 M25 Chertsey—Wisley (Wisley Interchange) 1.3 1.5 M25 Yeoveney—Airport Spur 10.0 14.8
Miles 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82* 1982–83* New trunk road motorways 43.3 55.6 25.9 47.1 37.8 29 16 New and improved all purpose dual carriageways 81.6 62.4 46.9 31.4 15.1 50 13 New and improved all purpose single carriageways 13.8 21.8 0.5 6.8 12.5 17 6 * Estimated. All figures relate to England. Schemes constructed by local authorities on behalf of central Government and at central Government expense are included. Data for 1981–82 and 1982–83 are based only schemes for which contracts have already been let and so do not from a basis for direct comparison with past years. Data for 1975–76 are not immediately available, and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost. No separate figures are available on the length of substantially improved trunk roads. Such work is included under categories (b) and (c) in the table.
264WNote: The pre-tender estimate makes allowance for inflation between its preparation and the expected receipt date of tenders. It excludes contingency allowances, land and ancillary items.