§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has as to the amount spent by Staffordshire county council in each of the last 12 years on (a) maintenance and repair of roads and (b) new road building, expressed at constant prices.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI could only provide the answer at disproportionate cost. My Department does not hold such collated information for individual local authorities. However, expenditure on maintenance (including lighting) and capital (mostly roads) accepted for transport supplementary grant for Staffordshire county council since 1975–76 at constant prices is:
£ million Maintenance Capital 1975–76 17.8 27.6 1976–77 17.6 33.1 1977–78 17.6 23.4 1978–79 18.5 12.6 1979–80 18.5 12.9 1980–81 18.1 10.0 1981–82 16.8 8.6 1982–83 16.3 7.8 1983–84 161 9.1 1984–85 16.8 8.7 1985–86 * * * Not available at constant prices.