§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give, for the last five years for which figures are available, the amount of money spent by each county highways authority and highways authority on street lighting; and if he will state the percentage that money is of the total amount spent on roads, authority by authority.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyFigures for capital spending by individual local authorities on street lighting could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Figures for current spending on street lighting by highways authorities in England (including the Department of Transport) are as follows:
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Authorities 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Street lighting £'000 Per cent. of road spend that is street lighting Street lighting £'000 Per cent. of road spend that is street lighting Street lighting £'000 Per cent. of road spend that is street lighting Street lighting £'000 Per cent. of road spend that is street lighting Street lighting £'000 Per cent. of road spend that is street lighting Berkshire 1,532 18 1,429 12 1,474 12 1,647 11 1,622 — Buckinghamshire 1,153 11 1,278 11 1,427 12 1,564 12 1,731 — Cambridgeshire 1,170 10 1,128 10 1,226 10 1,372 10 1,484 — Cheshire 2,538 16 2,695 17 2,837 17 2,903 17 3,138 — Cleveland 1,618 16 1,935 18 1,950 16 1,996 16 2,399 — Cornwall 978 8 999 8 1,152 8 997 7 1,054 — Cumbria 1,015 8 1,108 9 764 7 1,286 8 1,258 — Derbyshire 2,512 15 2,749 16 2,706 15 2,761 15 2,822 — Devon 2,550 11 2,553 10 2,726 9 2,878 10 3,220 — Dorset 2,131 18 2,131 18 1,893 14 1,937 14 2,189 — Durham 2,081 16 2,196 17 2,420 18 2,512 18 2,658 — East Sussex 1,416 14 1,562 14 1,530 12 1,542 12 1,492 — Essex 3,155 13 3,391 14 3,576 13 3,791 13 4,003 — Gloucestershire 716 8 797 8 1,274 11 1,280 9 1,054 — Hampshire 2,925 13 3,299 15 3,287 13 2,967 12 3,166 — Hereford and Worcestershire 1,095 10 1,175 10 1,280 10 1,354 10 1,462 — Hertfordshire 2,390 15 893 17 2,474 15 2,638 14 2,536 — Humberside 2,345 13 2,367 12 2,676 14 2,812 13 2,753 — Isle of Wight 332 11 334 11 347 12 355 12 355 — Kent 3,019 12 3,083 11 3,268 11 3,287 10 3,478 — Lancashire 5,674 20 5,689 20 5,928 20 6,099 18 6,353 — Leicestershire 2,061 13 2,074 12 2,200 13 2,185 12 2,312 — Lincolnshire 1,001 6 1,194 8 1,186 7 1,233 7 1,255 — Norfolk 1,227 9 1,344 10 1,311 9 1,342 9 1,563 — North Yorkshire 1,262 6 1,315 7 1,328 6 1,319 6 1,355 — Northamptonshire 1,174 14 1,228 14 1,272 15 1,504 15 1,474 — Northumberland 969 11 1,047 11 994 11 1,017 11 1,141 — Nottinghamshire 3,220 20 3,325 20 3,384 19 3,431 19 3,630 — Oxfordshire 1,053 12 1,061 12 1,110 12 1,039 11 1,100 — Shropshire 561 6 591 7 520 6 681 7 721 — Somerset 748 7 721 6 758 6 830 6 883 — Staffordshire 2,503 16 2,574 16 2,370 14 2,500 13 2,696 — Suffolk 1,017 8 1,017 8 1,115 8 1,260 9 1,333 — Surrey 2,311 14 2,424 13 2,528 13 2,746 15 2,984 — Warwickshire 1,115 11 1,078 11 1,152 11 1,334 12 1,412 — West Sussex 1,549 13 1,409 11 1,797 13 1,802 13 1,906 — Wiltshire 962 10 1,028 10 1,028 9 1,095 8 1,158 — Total Shires 68,832 13 70,026 13 74,083 12 77,444 12 81,548 — Total England 130,288 15 134,611 15 134,865 14 145,178 14 150,582 — Department of Transport spending on national roads 9,749 5 10,815 5 11,135 5 13,273 4 14,076 4 Notes: Local authority current expenditure on roads includes both structural and routine maintenance. Structural maintenance on national roads is classed as capital expenditure but for comparative purposes has been included in the figures for roads spending from which the above percentages have been calculated.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list each authority which has submitted a bid for an allocation for improved street lighting in residential areas.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyOf the 108 local highway authorities in England, 71 included bids for street lighting expenditure in their transport policies and programme submission for 1989–90. Although some of the planned work is likely to have been for the benefit of residential areas, very few authorities specified this.