HC Deb 06 February 1981 vol 998 c230W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a table to show the amount of money spent per mile on the maintenance of county highways by each metropolitan county council during the years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Expenditure in £ per mile on the maintenance of county highways taken from revenue outturn returns are shown in the following table. Figures for 1979–80 are not yet available.

County Year
1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79
Greater Manchester 2066 3055 3227 3509
Merseyside 2972 3309 3462 4126
South Yorkshire 1524 2192 2303 4730
Tyne & Wear 3166 2867 3101 3827
West Midlands 3412 3394 3707 4270
West Yorkshire 3286 2352 2976 4331