HC Deb 07 March 1988 vol 129 cc99-105W
Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in theOfficial Report the amount of transport supplementary grant per head of the population for each of the county and metropolitan borough councils for the years 1986–87 to 1988–89.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The table lists values of transport supplementary grant (TSG) per head of population in 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89 for each local highway authority in England. TSG is awarded on the relative merits of each authority's proposed programme of highway improvements not on the basis of population.

Transport Supplementary Grant Metropolitan districts
(£) per capita
Authority 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Bolton 0.34 7.85 5.13
Bury 4.37 1.92 5.85
Manchester 6.59 5.04 6.97
Oldham 0.41 1.23 5.09
Rochdale 1.33 121 1.38
Salford 6.26 13.75 16.07
Stockport 6.45 0.98 0.62
Tameside 2.09 1.15 1.44
Trafford 7.42 6.64 2.97
Wigan 7.39 5.38 7.55
Knowsley 1.17 0.86 1.48
Liverpool 5.43 4.61 2.56
St. Helens 0.42 0.80 3.38
Sefton 0.40 0.69 0.57
Wirral 0.94 1.12 3.67
Barnsley 3.17 2.12 1.80
Doncaster 1.42 0.78 1.63
Rotherham 0.91 0.66 0.88
Sheffield 4.48 3.91 0.71
Gateshead 0.33 3.84 9.62
Newcastle upon Tyne 3.77 6.08 8.12
North Tyneside 0.34 2.18 1.98
South Tyneside 8.69 6.15 2.29
Sunderland 4.90 3.68 5.30
Birmingham 3.89 3.88 3.89
Coventry 2.86 5.21 6.26
Dudley 0.41 2.14 2.30
Sandwell 1.61 1.96 3.05
Solihull 0.34 1.36 2.52
Walsall 5.51 5.21 6.03
Wolverhampton 9.30 11.23 13.74
Bradford 7.12 9.88 3.64
Calderdale 0.33 0.63 1.09
Kirklees 3.56 2.05 3.50
Leeds 0.29 0.78 2.14
Wakefield 0.45 0.58 0.85

Shire Counties
Authority 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Avon 1.81 2.09 4.55
Bedfordshire 3.77 5.06 6.24
Berkshire 4.62 4.28 3.66
Buckinghamshire 1.28 3.38 1.15
Cambridgeshire 2.73 7.20 3.55
Cheshire 3.11 2.02 1.44
Cleveland 5.40 3.95 5.67
Cornwall 2.78 3.35 5.06
Cumbria 0.58 1.60 2.88
Derbyshire 1.60 0.82 0.74
Devon 2.75 3.22 3.50
Dorset 8.19 8.57 6.77
Durham 2.58 4.01 3.23
East Sussex 1.72 1.41 3.08
Essex 3.56 5.35 5.77
Gloucestershire 1.69 1.84 2.08
Hampshire 3.66 2.79 2.69
Hereford and Worcester 2.99 2.60 3.02
Hertfordshire 4.49 1.83 3.14
Humberside 2.43 2.31 5.32
Isle of Wight 8.00 7.18 5.83
Kent 2.97 3.89 6.17
Lancashire 3.46 4.62 3.39
Leicestershire 4.31 5.07 5.65
Lincolnshire 1.69 3.12 2.01
Norfolk 1.48 3.00 2.95
Northamptonshire 9.42 7.98 5.84

Authority 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Northumberland 3.73 3.58 1.81
North Yorkshire 5.15 5.10 2.75
Nottinghamshire 1.72 1.84 2.02
Oxfordshire 0.92 1.42 1.24
Shropshire 3.77 3.32 4.46
Somerset 3.01 2.88 7.15
Staffordshire 3.20 2.95 2.76
Suffolk 4.14 1.44 2.79
Surrey 2.48 3.02 2.21
Warwickshire 2.59 3.04 3.63
West Sussex 5.31 4.49 3.93
Wiltshire 2.70 2.64 0.66

London Boroughs
Authority 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
City of London 78.70 93.92 38.13
Barking and Dagenham 0.66 5.38 19.15
Barnet 0.55 1.58 131
Bexley 7.83 2.06 2.95
Brent 1.99 1.22 1.71
Bromley 0.86 1.44 13.07
Camden 0.30 0.59 0.71
Croydon 0.30 0.63 0.73
Ealing 5.59 6.54 6.56
Enfield 13.82 27.97 42.41
Greenwich 3.62 9.16 3.75
Hackney 1.22 1.07 2.28
Hammersmith and Fulham 1.06 0.78 0.43
Haringey 5.29 7.49 18.67
Harrow 6.17 7.98 17.72

Schemes accepted for transport supplementary grant (TSG) where first year rate of return or net present value is known
Authority Scheme Accepted for TSG First year rate of return (per cent.) Net present value1(£ million) Length (Km)
Barking Al24 Barking Town Centre/Northern Relief Road 1987–88, 1988–89 35 — 1.5
Bromley Bromley High Street Relief Road—Section 2 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 105 4.8 1.6
Sutton A232 Croydon Road/B272 Hilliers Lane Junction Improvement 1988–89 29 2.5 0.6
Sutton A24 London Road/A2043 Malden Road Junction Improvement 1988–89 25 1.3 0.6
Bolton A666 St. Peters Way Extension/Topp Way Dualling 1987–88, 1988–89 12 1.6 1.8
Bury A665 Blackburn Street Diversion, Radcliffe 1988–89 4 -0.6 1.0
Manchester Man/Sal Irr E Section (Redhill Street-Fairfield Street) 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 26 3.9 1.3
Manchester A665 Man/Sal Irr (Cheetham Hill Road-Jubilee Street) 1988–89 1 -2.0 0.4
Manchester Man/Sal Irr (Regent Road-Chester Road—Phase 1 1987–88, 1988–89 11 4.4 1.2
Manchester Man/Sal Irr (Regent Road-Gore Street)
Manchester M56 Airport Access Road Stage 1 (Outwood Lane/M56 Spur Road) 1988–89 83 3.3 0.5
Oldham A62 Manchester Street/Manchester Road Improvement 1988–89 26 8.9 2.6
Salford A57 Regent Road Improvement (M602-Water Street) 1987–88, 1988–89 10 2.7 1.8
Salford A6042 Man/Sal Irr Gore Street-Regent Road 1987–88, 1988–89 11 4.4 0.6
Salford A5063 Trafford Road Improvement (M602-The Quays) 1988–89 19 1.1 0.9
Tameside A635 Manchester Road-Stockport Road-William Street Gyratory, Ashton 1988–89 25 3.1 1.3
Wigan Bradshawgate Diversion, Leigh 1987–88, 1988–89 — 0.6 0.9
Liverpool A561 Park Road Relief Road-Phase 1 1988–89 10 3.7 5.5
St. Helens A570 St Helens Inner Ring Road-Phase 4 1988–89 21 2.4 1.1
Gateshead A695 Ryton Crawcrook Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 29 6.1 5.9
Gateshead A692 Redheugh Bridge Southern Approach Road Flyover 1988–89 26 3.9 0.4
Sunderland Al231 Inner Ring Road 1987–88, 1988–89 — 2.7 0.8
Coventry A46 Far Gosford Street Relief Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 5 — 1.4
Coventry A444 Foleshill/Holbrooks Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 7 — 2.5
Dudley A461 Queens Cross Improvements 1987–88, 1988–89 42 — 0.8
Sandwell A461 Ocker Hill Roundabout, Sandwell 1987–88, 1988–89 80 — 0.1

Authority 1936–87 1987–88 1988–89
Havering 7.65 5.38 1.34
Hillingdon 21.96 10.42 8.44
Hounslow 2.67 3.19 3.89
Islington 0.30 0.61 0.43
Kensington and Chelsea 2.87 1.90 0.50
Kingston upon Thames 26.64 35.38 2.47
Lambeth 0.53 1.18 1.01
Lewisham 0.30 1.29 4.18
Merton 7.14 16.53 15.35
Newham 6.03 5.58 1.67
Redbridge 1.18 4.60 1.77
Richmond upon Thames 1.39 1.27 1.15
Southwark 6.56 3.40 4.62
Sutton 2.95 4.97 4.61
Tower Hamlets 0.30 1.15 0.45
Waltham Forest 4.02 5.05 2.29
Wandsworth 8.94 9.44 2.15
Westminster 2.79 2.14 1.19

Mr. Jack

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list in theOfficial Report for each highway authority (a) the value of the first year return, (b) the total net present value and (c) the length of each road project which qualified for transport supplementary grant, in each year from 1986–87 to 1988–89.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The table lists all local road schemes supported with transport supplementary grant (TSG) in 1986–87, 1987–88 and 1988–89 for which either a net present value or a first year rate of return is availablie. A number of other schemes for which economic costs and benefits are not available is also supported with TSG.

Authority Scheme Accepted for TSG First year rate of return (per cent.) Net present value1 (£ million) Length (Km)
Sandwell A41 Holloway Bank Canal Bridge 1988–89 11 — 0.3
Sandwell A461 Great Bridge Relief Road Phase 1 1987–88, 1988–89 50 0.2
Solihull A34 Stratford Road, Monkspath, Dualling 1987–88, 1988–89 14 — 1.9
Wolverhampton A4150 Wolverhampton Ring Road Section 6A 1986–87, 1987–88 15 — 0.9
Wolverhampton A449 Stafford Road Improvement—Section 3A&3B 1986–87, 1987–88 10 — 1.8
Wolverhampton A4150 Wolverhampton Ring Road—Section 6B 1986–87, 1987–88 10 — 1.3
Wolverhampton A449 Stafford Road Improvement—Section 3C 1987–88, 1988–89 13 — 0.4
Wolverhampton A4124 Wednesfield Bypass Junction Improvements 1988–89 38 — 0.4
Wolverhampton Black Country Route—Sections 3, 4, 5A, 5B 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 19 7.9 3.3
Bradford Bradford City Ring Road—Stage III 1988–89 — 4.4 1.0
Bradford A6037 Bradford Canal Road—Stage I 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 0.7 0.7
Leeds Leeds Inner Ring Road—Stage V 1988–89 46 17.4 0.4
Avon A4032 Newfoundland Street, Bristol 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 4.5 0.8
Avon Avon RR (1A)-Hambrook-Badminton Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 1987–88, 1988–89 16 5.4 3.3
Avon Avon RR (IB1)—Badminton Road-Westerleigh Road
Avon Avon RR (III)-A420 Warmley-Marsham way 1988–89 14 26.1 1.9
Avon A370 M5-Town Centre Link, Weston-Super-Mare 1988–89 14 4.7 0.5
Bedfordshire A505 Luton-Dunstable Relief Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 8.1 4.5
Bedfordshire A507 Shefford/Clifton/Henlow Bypass 1988–89 — 4.6 7.0
Buckinghamshire A413 Amersham Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 15 — 3.7
Cambridgeshire A605 Elton-Chesterton BP 1988–89 24 5.0 5.9
Cheshire Chester Western BP—Phase 1 1988–89 — 4.5 2.1
Cheshire A49 Diversion (Phase 2), Warrington 1987–88, 1988–89 — 1.1 1.2
Cleveland A66 South Bank Link Road 1987–88, 1988–89 — 3.0 2.4
Cleveland A177 Durham Road Bypass 1988–89 16 3.3 1.6
Cornwall A30 Penzance Primary Distributor 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 8 1.2 4.6
Cornwall A392 Newquay Gannel Link Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 19 1.8 0.5
Cornwall A39 Truro-Devoran 1 (Carnon Downs Bypass) 1987–88, 1988–89 6 0.2 1.4
Cumbria A591 Staveley Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 8 0.7 2.8
Derbyshire A610 Ripley Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 8 0.1 1.9
Derbyshire A619 Tapton Bypass Chesterfield—Stages 1 and 2 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 3.1 2.5
Derbyshire A6007 Ilkeston Inner Relief Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 5.3 1.3
Devon A3064 Plymouth-St. Budeaux Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 12 4.5 1.7
Devon A380 Thorns Cross-Eagle Farm 1 (Olchard Lane-Eagle Farm) 1988–89 — 0.7 1.8
Dorset A37 Dorchester Western Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 0.1 2.0
Dorset B3081 Gillingham Internal Relief Road 1988–89 6 0.7 1.6
Durham A688 Canney Hill Bypass 1988–89 72 4.8 1.1
East Sussex A22 Maresfield Bypass 1988–89 — 6.0 2.8
East Sussex A267 Mayfield Bypass 1988–89 — 1.0 1.8
Essex A414 Maldon Bypass 1988–89 — 2.6 2.4
Gloucestershire B4066 Berkeley-Sharpness—Stage 2A (Berkeley Bypass) 1986–87, 1987–88 7 0.2 1.1
Hampshire B3349 Hook Bypass Underbridge 1988–89 21 2.6 0.0
Hampshire Blackwater Valley Route (North) 1987–88, 1988–89 8 4.5 6.5
Hereford and Worcester A422 Worcester Southern Link 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 39 1.3 4.6
Hereford and Worcester A456 Bewdley Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 16 8.4 5.2
Hertfordshire A414 Stanstead Abbotts to Harlow 1988–89 — 2.6 3.8
Hertfordshire A4008 Watford M1 Link and Southern Junction System 1987–88, 1988–89 — 27.9 3.4
Humberside A180 Grimsby West Marsh Relief Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 13.3 2.2
Humberside A1173 Stallingborough Interchange to Kiln Lane 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 1.0 1.7
Humberside A1165 Hull Stoneferry Road 1 1987–88, 1988–89 — 0.2 0.8
Humberside A1173 Immingham Kiln Lane to Kings Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 4.0 1.7
Humberside A165 Hull North Orbital Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 4.9 1.2

Authority Scheme Accepted for TSG First year rate of return (per cent.) Net present value1(£ million) Length (Km)
Humberside A1163 Hull Drypool Link 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 0.7 0 6
Humberside A165 Ganstead Diversion 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 1.0 1 5
Humberside A165 Long Riston Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 0 4 1.0
Humberside A16 Grimsby New Baxtergate 1987–88, 1988–89 — 0–6 0 8
Humberside A1163 Hull Wilmington Link 1987–88, 1988–89 — 5.4 1.1
Humberside A1165 Hull Stoneferry Bridge 1988–89 — 0.4 0 3
Humberside A1033 Hedon Bypass 1988–89 — 2.6 2 4
Humberside A164 Castle Hill to Bentley 1988–89 — 0.4 4 6
Kent A228 West Malling Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 6 0.3 3.1
Kent A253 Ramsgate Harbour Approach 1987–88, 1988–89 21 2.0 2 4
Kent A249 Albion Place/Mote Road 1988–89 50 22.1 1.5
Kent A206 Dartford Northern Bypass 1988–89 74 32.8 3.0
Kent A293 Thanet Way Dualling 1987–88, 1988–89 9 1.6 28.0
Kent A253 Lord of the Manor 1988–89 22 1.0 0.2
Lancashire A65 Nelson-Colne (Main Works) 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 23 32.8 1 7
Lancashire A6068 Shuttleworth Hall Link Road 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 37 10.5 1.7
Lancashire A56 North Valley Link Road, Colne 1987–88, 1988–89 48 9.3 1.2
Lancashire Burnley Inner Relief Road—Phase II 1988–89 28 4.6 0 7
Leicestershire A6006 Asfordby Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 15 0.8 0.7
Leicestershire Leicester Southern Distributor III 1988–89 26 — 1.7
Lincolnshire A52 Bicker Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 8 0.3 2.3
Lincolnshire A46 Dunholme Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 12 0.1 1.9
Lincolnshire A52 Donington Bypass 1988–89 8 0.2 1.7
Norfolk A143 Kirby Cane/Geldeston Bypass 1988–89 — -0.3 3.2
Norfolk A1101 Outwell Bends 1988–89 5 0.0 2.1
Norfolk A146 Trowse Bypass 1988–89 — 0.5 1.4
Northumberland A1068 Ellington Bypass and Potland Link 1987–88 — 0.0 3 6
North Yorkshire A658 Harrogate Knaresborough Southern Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 — 9.7 10.2
North Yorkshire A59 Green Hammerton Bypass 1988–89 — 0.3 3.0
North Yorkshire A59 Far Laithe to Pacegate 1988–89 — 0.2 1.2
Shropshire A49 Reabrook to Telford Way Link 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 18 9.2 2.2
Shropshire A591 English Bridge Gyratory 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 51 3.0 0 4
Somerset A358 Ashill to Southfields Roundabout (A303) 1988–89 3 0.7 4.4
Staffordshire A525 Keele Bypass 1988–89 20 0.8 1.8
Staffordshire A460 Cannock Eastern Bypass 1988–89 38 9.6 2.5
Suffolk A143 Ixworth Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88 2 -0.4 4.0
Suffolk Al2 Saxmundham Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 8 0.4 5.5
Suffolk Al2 Kessingland Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 10 0.9 2 5
Suffolk A144 Halesworth Relief Road 1988–89 5 0.0 1.0
Surrey A22 Godstone Road Whyteleafe Junction 1988–89 33 1.1 0.5
Surrey St. Johns Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 — 1.1 0.5
Warwickshire A4390 Stratford Southern Relief Road 1987–88, 1988–89 44 4.8 1.4
Warwickshire A429 Wellesbourne Bypass 1988–89 20 0.4 2.1
West Sussex A264 Horsham Northern Bypass 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 — 4.2 5.7
West Sussex A24 Farthings Hill 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89 6 0.1 1.3
West Sussex A24 Dial Post 1987–88, 1988–89 7 0.1 1.7
West Sussex A272 Cuckfield Bypass 1987–88, 1988–89 7 0.6 1.8
West Sussex A264 Bewbush 1988–89 9 1.5 1.1
1 1979 prices discounted to 1979.