HC Deb 21 July 1982 vol 28 cc207-8W
Mr. Fitch

asked the Secretary of State for Transport on average how many acres of all types of land are lost to motorway and trunk road building in England each year.

Licensing and Testing Transport Industries/Local Transport Highways Research Management and Central Services Total
Senior Staff
Permanent Secretary 1 1
Deputy Secretary 3 3
Under-Secretary 1 7 3 2 4 17
Executive Director 1 1
Administration Group
Assistant Secretary 3 15 5 6 29
Senior Principal 7 1 19
Principal 35 49 19 1 12 116
Senior Executive Officer 58 25 31 2 6 122
Higher Executive Officer 226 91½ 61½ 9 30 418
Executive Officer/Admin Trainee 628½ 138 165 18 41 990½
Clerical 4,714 200 243½ 38½ 69 5,265
Professional and Technology Group
Directing Grades 1 5 21 27
Superintending Grades 4 14 35 2 55
PPTO 19 46 116 4 185
PTO I 45 92 216 10 363
PTO II 89 54 91 7 1 242
PTO III/IV 433 20 62 18 1 534
Other Technical/Drawing Office 19½ 5 1 27
Scientific Group
Chief Scientific Officer 1 1
Deputy Chief Scientific Officer 2 9 11
Senior Principal Scientific Officer 1 20 21
Principal Scientific Officer 1 1 80 82
Senior Scientific Officer 4 80 84
Higher Scientific Officer 3 119½ 122½
Scientific Officer 57½ 57½
Assistant Scientific Officer 21½ 21½
Economics and Statistics Group
Chief Statistician/Senior Economic Advisor 1 7 8
Statistician/Economic Advisor 2 4 24½ 30½
Senior Assistant Statistician/Senior Economic Assistant 2 4 6
Assistant Statistician/Economic Assistant 1 2 3

Mrs. Chalker

A new single carriageway trunk road takes on average 15 acres per mile, and new motorways or other dual carriageway trunk roads between 25 and 30 acres per mile though there are wide variations between schemes. On the basis of these averages, we estimate that motorways and trunk roads completed in 1980 and 1981 took about 2,200 acres of land a year.