HC Deb 09 December 1985 vol 88 cc456-7W
Mr. David Marshall

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the results of the Scottish road maintenance condition survey.

Mr. Ancram

Comprehensive information is maintained by my Department for trunk roads and motorways only, using a system which identifies lengths of road with defects requiring treatment. The aggregate results for recent years are set out:

Lengths of trunk road and motorway requiring treatment (kms)
1980 278
1981 301
1982 291
1983 315
1984 360

A number of regional and islands councils, under the auspices of the Scottish branch of the County Surveyors' Society, co-operate in producing a separate roads condition survey for their own needs. I do not have the results at my disposal.