§ Sir Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the actual expenditure in 1982-83 on each scheme listed in table 1 of the 1982-83 Class VI, 1 section of the Supply Estimates; and how this compares with the estimated provision in each case.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe information is as follows:
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Original estimate provision for 1982-83 (March 1982) £000 Revised estimate provision for 1982-83 (My 1982) £000 Actual expenditure 1982-83 £'000 NORTH DEVON LINK ROAD Stage 1: M5-Tiverton (Devon) (10.3 km.) 7,901 7,532 8,776 STOKE-DERBY LINK ROAD Blythe Bridge-Uttoxeter (Staffordshire) (13.9 km.) 940 590 808 MANCHESTER-BARNSLEY ROAD Accrington Easterly Bypass, Southern Section (Lancashire) (5.4 km.) 601 344 206 EXETER-LEEDS ROAD Chesterfield Inner Relief Road (Derbyshire) (4.3 km.) 2,326 2,057 1,347 LIVERPOOL-LEEDS-HULL ROAD South Docks Road, Hull (Humberside) (8.4 km.) 3,390 3,056 3,029 Totals 304,316 317,843 The estimates themselves included an offsetting allowance of £10 million for work which might not in the event be undertaken in the year, although this covers the smaller schemes as well as those costing over £10 million each.
The increase in expenditure over estimate is mainly accounted for by fast progress on some schemes under construction during 1982. Provision was made for this in a net transfer to Class VI,1 in February.