HC Deb 07 March 1994 vol 239 c8W
Mr. Harvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each year since 1979(a) the proposed schemes in the Government's road forward construction programme and (b) any deletions or additions to the forward construction programme; and which of those schemes were at the planning stage, at the consultation stage, in construction or to be completed by April 1994.

Mr. Key

I refer the hon. Member to the information contained in the following White Papers and road reports, copies of which are in the Library:

  • Policy for Roads: England 1980—(Cmnd 7908).
  • Policy for Roads: England 1981—(Cmnd 8496).
  • Roads in England 1982.
  • Policy for Roads in England: 1983—(Cmnd 9059).
  • National Roads England 1985.
  • Policy for Roads in England: 1987—(Cm 125 I–II).
  • Roads for Prosperity (1989)—(Cm 693).
  • Trunk Roads, England: Into the 1990s (1990).

A prioritisation review of the national trunk road programme is currently under way, the conclusions of which will be published shortly.