§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent in constant terms on new motorway construction in each of the past 10 years.
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information requested is as follows. The first column shows constant prices in relation to general inflation and, for the second the expenditure has been revalued to reflect changes in the costs of road construction.
£ million 1983–84 prices GDP deflator 1983–84 prices Roads Output Index 1976–77 310 295 1977–78 222 230 1978–79 225 219 1979–80 213 188 1980–81 201 160 1981–82 230 204 1982–83 292 283 1983–84 291 291 1984–85 295 306 1985–86* 253 264 * Provisional.