Road Building and Maintenance

HC Deb 22 April 1994 vol 241 cc688-91W

Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent by his Department since 1 April 1979 in(a) each standard region and (b) in each county or former metropolitan county on building, improving and maintaining roads.

Mr. Key

The following tables give(a) the total expenditure on motorways and trunk roads, broken down by standard region, from 1982–83 to 1992–93; (b) the amount of transport supplementary grant paid to each local authority from 1986–87 to 1994–95; (c) the total Department of Transport expenditure by standard region on building, improving and maintaining roads from 1986–87 to 1992–93. Figures are not available for earlier years or for motorway and trunk road expenditure broken down by county.

Authority	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	Total
Harrow	1.242	1.609	3.578	3.050	3.214	3.283	2.513	5.352	1.760	25.601
Havering	1.833	1.284	0.320	0.207	0.215	0.639	0.388	0.629	0.154	5.669
Hillingdon	5.098	2.421	1.957	4.530	2.742	6.352	8.636	2.103	0.000	33.839
Hounslow	0.528	0.623	0.758	0.714	0.279	0.472	0.401	2.589	2.103	8.467
Islington	0.049	0.103	0.072	0.148	0.168	0.362	0.984	0.969	0.703	3.558
Kensington	0.391	0.261	0.069	0.633	0.285	0.230	0.317	0.614	0.061	2.861
Kingston	3.572	4.737	0.331	1.661	0.566	0.613	0.965	1.150	1.251	14.846
Lambeth	0.130	0.288	0.247	0.182	0.154	0.298	0.374	0.515	0.501	2.689
Lewisham	0.069	0.299	0.970	5.314	1.987	4.270	3.352	2.627	1.675	20.563
Merton	1.171	2.719	2.529	4.280	7.100	0.009	0.000	0.000	0.000	17.808
Newham	1.262	1.164	0.343	0.497	1.791	0.815	1.563	4.275	4.033	15.743
Redbridge	0.267	1.048	0.403	0.339	0.134	0.416	0.485	0.913	0.546	4.551
Richmond	0.224	0.205	0.186	0.163	0.172	0.408	0.441	0.599	0.331	2.729
Southwark	1.414	0.734	0.997	1.952	0.249	0.449	1.416	1.746	1.282	10.239
Sutton	0.500	0.843	0.778	0.682	0.590	0.991	0.288	1.028	0.373	6.073
Tower Hamlets	0.043	0.169	0.068	0.070	0.091	0.495	1.252	4.079	1.927	8.194
Waltham Forest	0.864	1.091	0.494	0.476	0.056	0.389	0.865	1.369	0.455	6.059
Wandsworth	2.309	2.442	0.554	0.433	1.011	2.174	2.283	2.054	2.132	15.392
Westminster	0.508	0.383	0.210	0.750	0.367	0.846	2.526	2.140	1.166	8.896
Bolton	0.090	2.050	1.343	0.043	1.342	1.264	1.711	1.768	1.424	11.035
Bury	0.760	0.332	1.010	1.698	0.849	0.433	0.565	0.880	0.860	7.387
Manchester	2.996	2.275	3.145	1.328	4.816	9.395	8.672	11.447	9.654	53.728
Oldham	0.090	0.270	1.120	1.097	0.614	1.948	5.544	3.944	1.360	15.987
Rochdale	0.275	0.250	0.285	0.263	0.189	0.464	0.760	0.964	0.874	4.324
Salford	1.518	3.301	3.846	2.791	2.548	1.569	1.686	1.324	1.032	19.615
Stockport	1.865	0.284	0.180	0.018	0.458	1.740	1.792	2.223	2.141	10.701
Tameside	0.450	0.247	0.310	0.566	0.403	0.690	1.232	1.458	0.712	6.068
Trafford	1.616	1.446	0.642	1.765	0.389	0.138	2.196	2.200	3.827	14.219
Wigan	2.271	1.650	2.315	0.998	0.872	1.846	0.835	0.210	0.336	11.333
Knowsley	0.197	0.143	0.242	0.273	0.896	1.670	6.496	7.405	3.764	21.086
Liverpool	2.702	2.267	1.235	1.762	0.750	0.000	0.000	2.060	2.572	13.348
St. Helens	0.080	0.150	0.635	2.304	2.941	7.781	6.973	2.411	0.209	23.484
Sefton	0.120	0.207	0.171	0.327	0.369	0.619	0.620	0.869	0.274	3.576
Wirral	0.316	0.377	1.230	0.709	0.450	0.000	1.677	2.353	0.963	8.075
Barnsley	0.711	0.473	0.400	0.545	1.574	2.671	4.024	1.676	2.674	14.748
Doncaster	0.409	0.226	0.471	0.661	0.707	2.292	3.533	3.098	2.437	13.834
Rotherham	0.231	0.167	0.223	0.688	1.243	0.662	1.942	1.000	1.613	7.769
Sheffield	2.419	2.105	0.380	0.585	5.546	5.012	7.475	11.318	5.286	40.126
Gateshead	0.070	0.800	1.995	2.050	0.972	0.756	2.888	0.402	0.000	9.933
Newcastle	1.060	1.715	2.285	2.763	0.062	0.989	1.078	2.836	3.442	16.230
North Tyneside	0.065	0.421	0.380	0.310	0.153	0.315	0.425	0.707	0.529	3.305
South Tyneside	1.375	0.970	0.360	0.215	0.700	0.961	0.176	0.454	0.350	5.561
Sunderland	1.466	1.100	1.577	0.965	0.847	1.913	1.956	1.746	0.569	12.139
Birmingham	3.923	3.913	3.903	3.954	7.895	10.256	12.263	17.458	15.749	79.314
Coventry	0.897	1.626	1.942	3.053	1.474	2.793	4.641	5.337	3.835	25.598
Dudley	0.122	0.644	0.692	0.368	0.575	1.444	3.564	4.678	4.408	16.495
Sandwell	0.492	0.595	0.917	0.943	0.752	1.180	2.398	2.495	2.288	12.060
Solihull	0.069	0.275	0.510	0.526	0.428	0.442	0.982	1.742	1.428	6.042
Walsall	1.456	1.370	1.578	1.072	2.751	0.440	8.635	10.094	7.854	35.250
Wolverhampton	2.363	2.844	3.461	1.548	2.842	6.160	3.033	7.593	7.483	37.327
Bradford	3.307	4.579	1.686	2.928	2.467	2.280	2.159	2.869	2.817	25.092
Calderdale	0.064	0.120	0.210	0.084	0.096	0.367	0.458	1.245	1.442	4.086
Kirklees	1.346	0.773	1.319	0.500	0.060	0.949	2.295	3.524	1.857	12.623
Leeds	0.204	0.553	1.523	1.541	2.632	1.987	4.083	10.070	6.981	29.574
Wakefield	0.141	0.180	0.263	0.308	0.157	1.213	1.414	1.897	1.344	6.917
Avon	1.700	1.973	4.306	4.196	6.714	8.855	6.295	7.546	7.320	48.905
Bedfordshire	1.945	2.616	3.249	4.103	2.591	3.228	2.233	3.276	1.910	25.151
Berkshire	3.304	3.102	2.688	1.195	1.882	2.707	4.617	4.990	2.426	26.911
Buckinghamshire	0.763	2.035	0.707	1.229	1.153	1.849	1.886	2.461	0.945	13.028
Cambridgeshire	1.665	4.474	2.255	2.298	1.932	1.870	2.792	4.577	2.244	24.107
Cheshire	2.920	1.905	1.364	2.776	4.154	5.501	11.099	11.601	8.794	50.114
Cleveland	3.036	2.211	3.162	4.492	5.442	3.689	3.623	6.955	4.216	36.826
Cornwall	1.220	1.488	2.270	1.743	2.797	3.958	4.848	5.293	5.036	28.653
Cumbria	0.280	0.775	1.400	0.640	2.326	3.312	2.283	3.884	1.803	16.703
Derbyshire	1.461	0.748	0.683	1.515	0.582	1.158	1.908	3.835	1.811	13.701
Devon	2.694	3.185	3.501	1.743	3.394	5.062	4.412	5.834	4.066	33.891
Dorset	5.057	5.377	4.320	3.102	2.866	2.770	3.466	3.297	2.258	32.513
Durham	1.559	2.409	1.938	1.915	2.410	3.659	4.307	6.113	4.607	28.917
East Sussex	1.166	0.964	2.121	2.482	3.071	5.231	3.151	4.155	3.154	25.495
Essex	5.332	8.050	8.730	5.074	6.686	6.448	6.275	7.628	7.757	61.980
Gloucestershire	0.861	0.942	1.077	1.563	1.933	2.091	4.377	3.469	2.595	18.908

Authority	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95	Total
Hampshire	5.529	4.248	4.115	4.832	7.639	12.179	10.512	15.031	10.192	74.277
Hereford/Worcester	1.928	1.690	1.976	0.346	1.338	3.227	2.494	1.507	1.179	15.685
Hertfordshire	4.398	1.800	3.095	3.050	3.025	3.253	5.823	8.731	5.019	38.194
Humberside	2.072	1.967	4.518	5.221	5.312	5.589	8.225	8.242	5.822	46.968
Isle of Wight	0.967	0.883	0.727	0.525	0.414	0.971	0.902	1.544	0.363	7.296
Kent	4.437	5.813	9.255	11.256	12.550	37.229	33.149	25.008	43.616	182.313
Lancashire	4.766	6.375	4.683	6.035	12.873	11.232	11.630	7.955	9.550	75.099
Leicestershire	3.733	4.425	4.945	3.971	3.047	5.643	5.728	3.903	1.257	36.652
Lincolnshire	0.938	1.750	1.139	1.189	1.574	1.840	3.402	4.788	2.611	19.231
Norfolk	1.059	2.155	2.150	1.416	5.673	4.732	6.541	6.906	4.902	35.534
Northamptonshire	5.085	4.357	3.235	4.125	2.849	3.864	4.464	4.762	2.457	35.198
Northumberland	1.123	1.075	0.544	0.363	1.481	3.143	2.757	5.134	3.569	19.189
North Yorkshire	3.562	3.552	1.925	2.653	3.444	6.157	6.452	9.645	4.298	41.688
Nottinghamshire	1.718	1.850	2.037	2.054	1,914	5.555	4.277	4.221	4.326	27.952
Oxfordshire	0.511	0.801	0.713	0.023	2.462	2.984	5.087	5.148	0.000	17.729
Shropshire	1.456	1.294	1.750	1.679	1.566	4.355	2.481	1.514	1.262	17.357
Somerset	1.326	1.287	3.211	3.785	3.156	3.013	2.975	6.336	3.271	28.360
Staffordshire	3.257	3.015	2.822	2.992	2.913	3.927	3.820	6.922	5.861	35.529
Suffolk	2.547	0.899	1.753	1.935	3.187	9.298	5.688	4.165	3.579	33.051
Surrey	2.513	3.058	2.236	4.684	6.330	5.121	8.139	15.687	10.863	58.631
Warwickshire	1.239	1.459	1.746	3.209	0.492	0.951	1.797	2.516	1.611	15.020
West Sussex	3.622	3.089	2.730	1.526	4.532	4.126	3.478	3.694	2.625	29.422
Wiltshire	1.448	1.429	0.361	0.109	2.985	2.688	1.493	0.503	0.705	11.721

(c) Estimated total Department of Transport expenditure1 on roads by standard regions to nearest £1 million for 1986–87 to 1992–93
Region	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92	1992–93	Total
East Anglia	32	40	52	87	189	137	154	690
East Midlands	96	98	101	131	201	153	132	912
North	49	81	62	88	95	92	104	572
North West	118	100	133	149	204	216	233	1,153
South East	393	415	372	543	730	909	973	4,336
South West	89	124	187	157	212	204	198	1,151
West Midlands	156	153	211	283	256	300	318	1,677
Yorkshire and Humberside	89	121	82	109	137	154	196	888
1 Expenditure figures cover motorway and trunk road expenditure as defined in footnote (') to table (a), and Transport Supplementary Grant.