HC Deb 18 March 1987 vol 112 cc489-91W
Mr. Conway

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the road schemes planned by his Department to which objection hearings in the High Court are awaited.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The only road scheme planned by the Department to which a hearing in the High Court is awaited is A5 Telford-Shrewsbury.

Mr. Roy Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each metropolitan district and each London borough the estimated highways capital and highways maintenance expenditure for 1986–87.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

[pursuant to his reply, 3 March 1987, c. 533]: I regret that my earlier answer contained a number of errors. The correct information is in the following tables.

Capital and maintenance expenditure on roads by London boroughs and metropolitan districts—1986–87
London Boroughs Capital budget1

£ million

Maintenance budget2

£ million

City of London 2.390 4.187
Inner Boroughs
Camden 2.488 7.156
Greenwich 3.842 8.032
Hackney 2.826 3.742
Hammersmith and Fulham 0.310 4.981
Islington 1.078 3.070
Kensington and Chelsea 0.761 4.356
Lambeth 3.044 8.241
Lewisham 1.664 6.719
Southwark 2.675 6.909
Tower Hamlets 2.254 8.403
Wandsworth 7.640 4.515
Westminster 3.812 9.746
Outer Boroughs
Barking and Dagenham 2.000 3.221
London Boroughs Capital budget1

£ million

Maintenance budget2

£ million

Barnet 1.715 8.483
Bexley 4.850 4.236
Brent 1.006 3.397
Bromley 2.268 9.321
Croydon 1.294 7.438
Ealing 5.984 6.125
Enfield 9.091 5.629
Haringey 2.443 3.481
Harrow 3.443 1.714
Havering 5.783 5.059
Hillingdon 11.208 5.667
Hounslow 1.818 2.541
Kingston-upon-Thames 7.917 3.644
Merton 4.938 5.491
Newham 3.794 4.163
Redbridge 4.260 5.115
Richmond-upon-Thames 0.918 4.609
Sutton 2.037 3.558
Waltham Forest 2.329 3.908
Source:
1 Authorities' 1986 Transport Policies and Programmes.
2 Authorities' Return of Expenditure and Rates '87.

Capital and maintenance expenditure on roads by London boroughs and metropolitan districts—1986–87
Metropolitan districts Capital budget1

£ million

Maintenance budget2

£ million

Greater Manchester
Bolton 1.230 3.930
Bury 2.072 1.892
Manchester 11.961 9.837
Oldham 0.720 4.632
Rochdale 1.310 2.636
Salford 3.661 4.514
Stockport 3.807 4.781
Tameside 1.400 4.181
Trafford 4.072 5.809
Wigan 5.705 6.049
Merseyside
Knowsley 0.841 5.192
Liverpool 9.069 13.070
St. Helens 0.748 3.849
Sefton 1.031 8.288
Wirral 1.370 7.103
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 2.068 5.130
Doncaster 1.871 8.179
Rotherham 1.440 7.383
Sheffield 7.119 11.728
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 1.320 7.220
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2.054 7.517
North Tyneside 0.626 7.011
South Tyneside 3.559 5.071
Sunderland 6.692 6.783
West Midlands
Birmingham 15.813 19.106
Coventry 2.183 6.518
Dudley 2.805 5.512
Sandwell 2.876 7.093
Solihull 0.894 4.620
Walsall 3.913 4.508
Wolverhampton 6.878 4.414
West Yorkshire
Bradford 8.914 6.793
Metropolitan districts Capital budget1

£ million

Maintenance budget2

£ million

Calderdale 0.999 6.566
Kirklees 4.040 7.938
Leeds 4.166 17.252
Wakefield 1.555 7.617
Source:
1 Authorities' 1986 Transport Policies and Programmes
2 Authorities' Return of Expenditure and Rates '87