§ Mr. BoyesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what programmes are being initiated to improve road quality standards throughout the United Kingdom; and if he will provide a table listing expenditure figures for all regions from 1979 to the latest available date.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyWe have initiated a greatly enhanced programme of structural maintenance on national roads. Maintenance of other roads is a matter for106W local authorities. Where authorities continue to under-spend we will be looking urgently for ways of improving the situation, in consultation with the local authority associations.