Street Lighting

HC Deb 12 June 1989 vol 154 cc333-4W

36. Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the expenditure in real terms on local authority street lighting in the last three financial years.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Figures for current and capital expenditure by local authorities in Great Britain on public highways lighting at current prices are estimated to have been as follows:

	£million
1986–87	235
1987–88	230

Figures for expenditure in 1988–89 are not yet available.