HC Deb 17 March 1989 vol 149 cc366-7W
Mr. Roy Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will show 1986–87 outturn expenditure, 1987–88 estimated expenditure and 1988–89 planned on (i) trunk roads, broken down into(a) new construction and improvement, (b) structural maintenance, and (c) routine maintenance, and (ii) local authority roads broken down into (a) new construction and improvements, and (b) maintenance, (iii) public transport administration and (iv) local authority car parks, broken down into (a) capital and (b) current (net), and (c) road safety in Wales.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

The information is as follows:

£ million
1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Outturn Outturn Planned
Trunk Road Expenditure
(i) New construction and improvement 99.829 119.090 141.878
(ofwhich renewal of roads and bridges)1 19.760 15.925 16.150
(ii) Current maintenance2 14.632 13.341 13.865
Local Authority Expenditure
(i) New construction and improvement of roads 66.867 681.523 58.352
(ii) Maintenance of roads 81.925 694.074 89.539
(iii) Professional and technical services3

1986–87 1987–88 1988–89
Outturn Outturn Planned
Highways, lighting, parking and road safety4 14.744 614.230 19.334
Public passenger transport5 1.057 61.019
(iv) Car Parks
Capital 1.602 61.689 0.785
Current (net of receipts) -2.006 6 -1.873 -2.189
(v) Revenue support for public transport and concessionary fares 14.494 614.177 17.806
(vi) Road safety 0.673 60.720 1.209
1 Formerly structural maintenance—capital.
2 Formerly general maintenance—includes routine maintenance; winter maintenance; maintenance of road lighting and communications and maintenance of vehicles, depots and equipment.
3 Used to be called "Local transport administration".
4 All expenditure relating to the administrative costs other than publicity and training costs. This expenditure mainly covers the cost of the surveyors and engineers department, at all levels, providing technical support and which has not been allocated to the cost of individual projects. Not including administrative costs recoverable from central government for trunk roads.
5 All expenditure relating to the administrative costs of planning, tendering for, awarding contracts and overseeing public transport service subsidies and concessionary fares schemes.
6 Provisional.

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