§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the reduction in expenditure on (a) non-motorway trunk maintenance and (b) local roads.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe expenditure on road maintenance is as follows: 357W
1979–80 Outturn 1980–81 Outturn 1981–82 Forecast Outturn £ million £ million £ million Non-motorway trunk road maintenance 49.2 47.6 67 Local road maintenance 566.7 *665.3 Not available * provisional