HC Deb 17 November 1986 vol 105 cc58-9W
Mr. Hume

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate the amounts of money spent on major capital roads development in each of the six divisions of the roads service for each year since 1979.

Mr. Needham

The information is as follows:

Roads Service: Major Works Divisional Expenditure 1979–80 to 1985–86
£'000s
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
HQ 2,437 4,001 6,683 8,872 6,152 2,836 612
Ballymena 1,398 2,156 1,348 834 1,118 783 906
Belfast 5,608 11,052 8,763 8,814 4,634 3,901 3,153
Coleraine 3,203 1,830 1,835 991 1,687 1,446 757
Craigavon 1,287 1,396 1,959 817 1,845 1,426 1,434
Downpatrick 2,410 2,490 2,495 1,084 1,097 535 984
Omagh 1,834 1,700 796 953 491 1,145 1,568
TOTAL 18,177 24,625 23,879 22,365 17,024 12,072 9,414

Note: Headquarters expenditure is in respect of several specific major works, such as Foyle Bridge and Dunmurry by-pass, which because of their special nature were handled centrally rather than divisionally.

Mr. Hume

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate the amounts of money spent on major capital roads development in the roads service division, sections Ards, North Down, Lisburn and Downpatrick for each year since 1979.

Roads Service: Major Works Expenditure 1979–80 to 1985–86 Downpatrick Division
£'000s
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Ards 641 524 1,265 519 258 90 472
Down 299 20 29 58 17 4
Lisburn 1,253 1,581 1,072 462 822 441 310
North Down 217 365 129 45 202
TOTAL 2,410 2,490 2,495 1,084 1,097 535 984

Mr. Hume

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what figures are available to indicate the amounts spent on minor capital road works in the roads service division, sections Ards, North Down, Lisburn and Downpatrick for each year since 1979.

Roads Service: Minor works expenditure 1979–80 to 1985–86
Downpatrick Division
£000s
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Ards 675 353 421 161 369 120 416
Down 533 877 289 141 256 389 264
Lisburn 594 643 169 192 131 370 423
North Down 538 449 279 141 161 193 264
TOTAL 2,340 2,322 1,158 635 917 1,072 1,367