§ Mr. AitkenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will announce the allocation of the transport supplementary grant and credit approvals for capital expenditure on local roads in England for 1992–93.
§ Mr. RifkindA total of £370 million transport supplementary grant—TSG—plus £510 million in annual capital guideline—ACG—and supplementary credit approval—SCA—are to he allocated to local highway authorities in England for capital expenditure on their roads in 1992–93. With the help of capital reserves and developer contributions, I therefore expect authorities to be able to spend well over £1,000 million in total.
Table 1 sets out the national totals for different types of expenditure. Table 2 shows the total amounts of TSG, credit approval and gross approved expenditure for each of the 108 local highway authorities. They are being notified today of their allocations by the Department's regional offices.
234WLeaving aside the grant newly allocated for structural maintenance in 1991–92 and 1992–93, there is to be about the same amount of TSG as for 1991–92, but it is 18 per cent. more than for 1990–91.
Authorities will be able to make a start on the 37 new major schemes listed in table 3, which are to be newly accepted for TSG. Authorities will also be able to make progress with certain other major schemes using only credit approvals.
These new major schemes will, like the 274 others which continue to receive TSG support, relieve communities of the noise and danger of heavy through traffic, aid inner city regeneration and help to open up new opportunities for development and growth.
There is to be a 17 per cent. increase in minor works expenditure and, within that, a 38 per cent. increase in expenditure ear-marked for local safety schemes.
I am pleased with the start that local authorities have made in using the money we allocated for local safety schemes for 1991–92. Even if they spend no more than the grant and credit approvals that we have given them, over 1991–92 and 1992–93 they will have had the potential to carry out around 7,700 local safety schemes which could save 170 lives and prevent 2,200 serious injuries and 9,000 other casualties in any 12-month period.
The £110 million accepted expenditure for bridge maintenance, which is 22 per cent. more than for 1991–92, will enable authorities to maintain the momentum of this important programme of work and the £95 million allocated for maintenance of the roads which form part of the primary route network will help ensure that these important transport links are properly maintained.
Table 1 £ million Existing commitments 493.791 New starts 60.028 Minor works 88.656 Bridges 110.965 PRN maintenance 95.280 Grant adjustments -54.360 Non grant aided expenditure 88.199 Total 882.559
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Table 2 Local authority capital expenditure on roads 1992–93 (£ million) Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Counties Avon 6.295 14.385 27.130 Bedfordshire 2.233 2.517 4.750 Berkshire 4.617 7.470 12.087 Buckinghamshire 1.886 3.283 5.169 Cambridgeshire 2.792 3.571 6.363 Cheshire 11.099 12.513 23.612 Cleveland 3.623 5.611 10.684 Cornwall 4.848 6.160 11.583 Cumbria 2.283 2.775 5.058 Derbyshire 1.908 3.186 5.944 Devon 4.412 5.230 9.642 Dorset 3.466 4.321 7.787 Durham 4.307 5.359 10.191 East Sussex 3.151 5.182 9.633 Essex 6.275 7.500 13.775 Gloucestershire 4.377 4.850 9.227 Hampshire 10.512 18.004 30.316 Hereford and Worcester 2.494 4.480 8.299 Hertfordshire 5.823 7.261 13.659
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Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Humberside 8.225 9.202 17.427 Isle of Wight 0.902 1.070 1.972 Kent 33.149 39.852 73.176 Lancashire 11.630 15.783 29.713 Leicestershire 5.728 8.799 16.577 Lincolnshire 3.402 4.317 7.894 Norfolk 6.541 8.452 15.743 Northamptonshire 4.464 6.189 11.728 Northumberland 2.757 3.604 6.811 North Yorkshire 6.452 8.607 16.384 Nottinghamshire 4.277 5.533 10.210 Oxfordshire 5.087 6.248 11.735 Shropshire 2.481 4.490 8.246 Somerset 2.975 4.544 8.619 Staffordshire 3.820 4.847 8.667 Suffolk 5.688 6.789 12.477 Surrey 8.139 14.437 24.076 Warwickshire 1.797 2.106 3.903 West Sussex 3.478 4.541 8.569 Wiltshire 1.493 3.196 5.989 Metropolitan Districts Bolton 1.711 1.935 3.646 Bury 0.565 0.699 1.264 Manchester 8.672 10.160 19.207 Oldham 5.544 6.794 12.813 Rochdale 0.760 0.863 1.623 Salford 1.686 2.491 4.177 Stockport 1.792 1.996 3.788 Tameside 1.232 1.650 2.882 Trafford 2.196 2.866 5.287 Wigan 0.835 2.334 4.344 Knowsley 6.496 7.362 14.083 Liverpool 0.000 1.387 2.582 St. Helens 6.973 7.574 14.547 Sefton 0.620 0.825 1.495 Wirral 1.677 2.095 3.872 Barnsley 4.024 4.447 8.471 Doncaster 3.533 4.035 7.568 Rotherham 1.942 2.258 4.200 Sheffield 7.475 11.367 20.992 Gateshead 2.888 3.261 6.149 Newcastle upon Tyne 1.078 2.510 4.488 North Tyneside 0.425 0.506 0.931 South Tyneside 0.176 0.724 1.300 Sunderland 1.956 3.361 6.317 Birmingham 12.263 14.859 27.822 Coventry 4.641 5.591 10.507 Dudley 3.564 4.052 7.616 Sandwell 2.398 3.031 5.429 Solihull 0.982 1.357 2.539 Walsall 8.635 10.390 19.900 Wolverhampton 3.033 5.360 9.668 Bradford 2.159 2.901 5.435 Calderdale 0.458 0.654 1.112 Kirklees 2.295 2.717 5.012 Leeds 4.083 6.176 10.259 Wakefield 1.414 1.871 3.285 London Boroughs City of London 1.621 1.831 3.452 Barking and Dagenham 0.592 0.899 1.491 Barnet 0.487 0.616 1.103 Bexley 1.694 1.915 3.634 Brent 0.758 2.597 3.405 Bromley 2.794 3.091 5.885 Camden 2.301 2.590 4.891 Croydon 0.535 1.084 1.969 Ealing 1.027 2.436 4.488 Enfield 5.851 6.407 12.258 Greenwich 0.000 0.580 1.065 Hackney 1.406 1.718 3.124 Hammersmith and Fulham 1.005 1.239 2.244 Haringey 1.813 2.081 3.894 Harrow 2.513 5.933 11.271
Government grant (TSG) Total borrowing approval Gross approved spending Havering 0.388 0.474 0.862 Hillingdon 8.636 9.784 18.595 Hounslow 0.401 0.753 1.154 Islington 0.984 1.516 2.500 Kensington and Chelsea 0.317 0.936 1.778 Kingston upon Thames 0.965 1.483 2.673 Lambeth 0.374 0.450 0.824 Lewisham 3.352 6.406 12.258 Merton 0.000 1.200 2.155 Newham 1.563 3.865 7.203 Redbridge 0.485 0.624 1.109 Richmond upon Thames 0.441 0.507 0.948 Southwark 1.416 2.123 4.014 Sutton 0.288 0.900 1.588 Tower Hamlets 1.252 1.708 2.960 Waltham Forest 0.865 1.121 2.111 Wandsworth 2.283 3.079 5.762 Westminster 2.526 3.451 6.377 Note: Gross approved expenditure exceeds the sum of grant and borrowing approval if an authority holds unused grant from previous years.
Table 3 Authority Scheme name East Sussex A26 Malling Hill relief road, Lewes Hampshire A31 Bentley bypass Kent A257 Ash bypass Kent Medway tunnel Oxfordshire A4130 Wallingford bypass West Sussex A259 Chichester-Bognor Regis improvement, phase 1 Avon A4 Avonmouth link Cornwall A389 Egloshayle bypass Devon A386 Tavistock Road dualling, Plymouth, Stage 1 Dorset A37 Improvements (A356—Somerset boundary) Gloucestershire A48 Lydney bypass Somerset A39 Glastonbury western relief road Wiltshire Meads roundabout, Swindon—grade separation Birmingham Thimble Mill Lane, phase 2 Dudley A491 High Street, Amblecote Solihull West Midlands renaissance area Wirral A41 New Chester Road improvement Cheshire Upton (Chester) Park and Ride Lancashire A6 Chorley Town Centre bypass, phase 3 Gateshead A1114 Western Riverside Route stage 1, phase 2 and stage 2 Newcastle upon Tyne A695 Scotswood Road improvement—west of Paradise Sunderland A690 Doxford Park access road, stage 2 Cleveland A171 Guisborough bypass Durham A689 Newton Cap diversion Barnsley A6195 Dearne Towns link road Sheffield A57 Sheffield Parkway/Park Square junction improvement Kirklees A62 Huddersfield ring road improvement, Phase 2 Humberside A164 Beverley North East bypass North Yorkshire A59 Bolton Bridge bypass Leicestershire A563 Soar Valley Way Lincolnshire A46 Swallow bypass and route improvement Northamptonshire A422 Deanshanger bypass Buckinghamshire A421 Bletchley Road diversion, Buckingham Cambridgeshire A141 Spittals link, Huntingdon Essex A414 Aukingford Gardens-Talbot roundabout, Stages 1 and 2 Norfolk B1332 Kirstead bypass Hackney A104 Lea Bridge reconstruction Waltham Forest A104 Lea Bridge reconstruction