HC Deb 24 June 1981 vol 7 cc131-2W
Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the value of the trunk road programme yet to be started: and how long it will take to complete at an annual budget equivalent to (a) the 1980–81 level and (b) the planned 1981–82 level.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The value of schemes included in the main programme and reserve lists in the roads White Paper, Cmnd. 7908, which have not yet started is about

Mr. Monro

My right hon. Friend is advised by the Nature Conservancy Council that there is insufficient data available to estimate the extent of loss and significant damage to the many types of habitat and to sites of special scientific interest during the last 10 years, or to determine the current rate of loss for each type of habitat. At least 0.7 per cent. by area of the SSSI system as a whole was lost or significantly damaged in 1980.