§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report for each year since 1979–80, with estimates for 1982–83, the level of spending for (a) trunk road construction, (b) trunk road maintenance, (c) local road construction and (d) local road maintenance (i) as budgeted in the relevant expenditure White Paper and (ii) acutal outturn, giving for each year the percentage under or overspend.
§ Mr. Allan StewartAs the public expenditure White Papers for the years 1979–80 to 1981–82 show the planned expenditure at prices relating to the November prior to the Estimate year, the cash budgets given in the table below relate in the case of motorways and trunk roads to the sums voted each year by Parliament, and in the case of local authority roads and transport to the amounts that local authorities may spend, with my consent, on capital projects in each year; all expenditure figures are therefore on a comparable cash basis.
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 Motorways and trunk roads New construction and improvements: Cash budget £ million 64.0 75.9 92.7 90.4 Actual expenditure £ million 68.0 72.2 72.3 n/a Under/Overspend Percentage +6.2 -4.9 -22.0 — Maintenance: Cash buget £ million 15.4 14.5 24.5 24.7 Actual expenditure £ million 15.1 17.7 29.8 n/a Under/Overspend Percentage -1.9 +22.1 +21.6 — Local authority roads and transport Capital Expenditure: Cash budget*† £ million 102.6 112.2 140.6 131.3 Actual expenditure † £ million ‡102.0 ‡96.2 ≑l22.9 n/a Under/Overspend Percentage -0.6 -14.3 -12.6 — Actual expenditure ¶ £ million 62.8 61.3 ≑84.1 n/a Maintenance: Actual expenditure ● ▀ £ million 63.3 80.1 ≑100.0 n/a * Total consents available (to incur capital expenditure) for allocation to local authorities under Section 94 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. † Includes public transport—not split between roads and transport. ‡ Audited full year figures. ≑ Provisional. ¶ New construction and improvement of roads. ● Maintenance of roads. ▀ Cash budget figures are not available on the same basis. n/a Not yet available.