Roads (Expenditure) (Hansard, 28 November 1985)

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts

The provisional forecast of net outturn expenditure for 1985–86 is:

	£ million
Central Government—trunk roads:
Capital	88
Current	13
Local authority transport and highways:^*
Capital	69
Current	110
^* An estimate based on local authority returns which do not separately identify the highways element.

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The autumn statement by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer involves consequential changes for the Welsh Office expenditure programme. Decisions will be made on the allocation of provision for roads and other services in my expenditure block within the next few weeks. Details will be announced in the public expenditure White Paper early in the new year.

£000
	1974–75	1975–76	1976–77	1977–78	1978–79	1979–80
Clwyd	17,144	22,620	25,546	28,660	32,460	38,993
Dyfed^*	14,037	18,728	21,041	23,878	27,984	34,000
Gwent	22,522	29,463	33,326	37,385	42,554	50,809
Gwynedd	9,976	13,256	15,193	17,026	19,137	23,478
Mid Glamorgan	25,300	33,218	38,069	43,151	49,244	59,618
Powys	4,966	6,550	7,380	8,331	9,661	11,797
South Glamorgan	32,534	41,975	46,999	52,924	59,063	70,655
West Glamorgan	16,786	21,842	25,068	28,408	32,025	38,746

£000
	1980–81	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85†
Clwyd	52,916	59,244	64,125	66,898	71,638
East Dyfed^*	43,425	48,307	39,698	43,003	46,076
Pembrokeshire^*	—	—	12,942	13,958	15,163
Gwent	65,980	73,047	79,565	84,567	89,279
Gwynedd	30,445	34,257	37,236	39,666	44,204
Mid Glamorgan	76,760	84,071	90,806	96,980	104,022
Powys	15,062	16,624	18,516	19,754	20,627
South Glamorgan	88,892	98,793	107,438	114,501	119,313
West Glamorgan	50,435	56,665	61,508	65,173	68,667

Source: Annual Accounts of Health Authorities.

^* Prior to 1982–83 the Dyfed area health authority covered the whole county.

† The figures for 1984–85 are provisional.