Roads (Expenditure)

HC Deb 06 June 1989 vol 154 c3W

Mr. Livsey

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the inflation-adjusted expenditure on different categories of roads in Wales has been for each year between 1975 and 1988.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information is as follows:

	Motorways and trunk roads	Local authority roads
	£'000	£'000
1975–76	146,670	208,378
1976–77	204,977	241,529
1977–78	138,451	226,250
1978–79	128,906	215,970
1979–80	125,938	192,138
1980–81	120,841	169,451
1981–82	150,923	216,530
1982–83	160,826	227,418
1983–84	197,264	222,545
1984–85	138,420	215,794
1985–86	125,646	219,762
1986–87	133,051	214,577
1987–88	145,333	1230,468
1988–89	3153,895	2195,935
1 Estimate.
2 Budget.
3 Does not include EC receipts of £9.0 million.

Note: All figures at 1988 prices, up-dated using the road construction price index.