§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give in index form for each year 1979–80 to 1982–83, with an estimate for 1983–84 (a) local authority road maintenance spending, (b) construction material prices used in local road maintenance, (c) the cost of labour in local road maintenance and (d) the retail prices index.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe local authority road maintenance indices are as follows:
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Expenditure index* (cash out-turn financial year Material cost index (Nov. to Nov.) Labour cost index Retail price index 1979–80 100 100 100 100 1980–81 116 123 119 115 1981–82 †140 136 128 129 1982–83 ‡150 146 137 137 * Includes lighting maintenance. † Provisional outturn. ‡ Estimate based on local authority returns of expenditure and rates. I regret that estimates for 1983–84 are not yet available.