§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will show the total public expenditure on transport broken down by standard economic planning region in England for the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. ChopeA breakdown by region is available only for roads expenditure. The information is as follows: 711W
Standard economic planning region North Yorkshire and Humberside North West West Midland East Midland East Anglia South West South East Unallocated England Public lighting3 0.5 1.5 1.8 2.4 1.7 0.4 0.6 5.4 — 14.3 Local roads total1 4 114.1 169.7 211.8 166.5 123.3 51.2 165.2 587.6 2.9 1,592.3 New construction and improvement 32.8 54.2 58.1 56.0 41.2 21.9 45.2 213.5 2.9 525.7 Maintenance1 2 Structural 48.9 70.1 84.5 66.6 51.2 19.3 78.1 216.2 — 634.9 Routine 12.1 17.7 32.0 19.9 13.4 5.3 23.6 94.9 — 219.0 Winter 6.6 9.9 7.1 7.1 5.5 1.4 5.4 14.0 — 56.9 Public lighting3 13.5 17.4 29.2 16.2 11.5 2.9 12.7 47.2 — 150.6 All road expenditure1 4 182.3 241.5 283.2 282.6 185.8 78.3 263.4 944.8 2.9 2,465.4 1 Figures include some estimates, due to incomplete data being received from some authorities. 2 Structural maintenance: reconstruction, overlay, resurfacing, surface dressing, patching, drainage, footways, bridges, earthworks and fences. Routine maintenance: verge maintenance, sweeping, gullies, signals, signs and markings. Winter maintenance: salting, snow clearance and snow fences. 3 Public lighting: maintenance and energy. 4 Includes expenditure on technical surveys.