§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out in tabular format(a) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the planning, building and maintenance of roads, (b) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the development 242W and maintenance of railways, (c) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the development of public transport other than railways and (d) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the promotion of cycling.
§ Mr. RifkindThe roads directorate within the Scottish Development Department has 140 staff and deals with legislation, road safety, traffic regulation orders, road and bridge maintenance and new construction. It has executive responsiblity for the trunk road network in Scotland. The planning, building and maintenance of roads embraces provision for all road users and those employed on this work cannot be categorised by mode.
The responsibilities of transport and local roads division of the Department include the issuing of capital allocations to regional and island authorities who have executive responsibility in Scotland for local roads and transport, and the discharge of the Department's functions relating to other transport modes, principally ferry and bus services. The division has 15½ staff. Thirty-one staff are also employed on toll collection and related duties at the Erskine bridge.
The Department of Transport is the sponsoring Department for British Rail.