§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing, for each of the last three years, the current year and the projection for next year the expenditure on road maintenance in each council area in Northern Ireland and also indicate the sums expended in each of the last four winters on gritting in each council area and in total for such periods or if more convenient financial years.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on road maintenance in each council area(a) in each of the last three years and (b) the current year; what is the projected expenditure for next year on road maintenance; and how much has been spent in each current area in each of the last four winters on gritting.
§ Mr. Tim SmithThe information is not available in the form requested. Expenditure on road maintenance in the last three years is as follows:
£000"s Council 1991–92 1992–93 11993–94 Antrim 1,726 2,354 2,048 Ards 1,823 1,622 1,718 Armagh 3,068 3,253 3,066 Ballymena 1,843 2,068 1,798 Ballymoney 1,120 1,171 1,058 Banbridge 1,614 1,763 1,661 Belfast 7,212 7,052 6,786 Carrickfergus 582 770 670 Castlereagh 1,691 1,719 1,657 Coleraine 2,181 2,171 1,959 Cookstown 1,342 1,920 2,111 Craigavon 2,355 2,578 2,430 Derry 2,458 2,786 2,506 Down 2,820 2,528 2,676 Dungannon 2,302 2,541 2,784 Fermanagh 3,008 2,793 3,061 Larne 1,196 1,530 1,326 Limavady 1,313 1,389 1,253 Lisburn 4,059 4,396 4,653 Magherafelt 1,526 1,755 1,526 Moyle 1,074 1,179 1,058 Newry and Mourne 3,078 3,290 3,098 Newtownabbey 2,548 2,875 2,755 North Down 1,348 1,296 1,364 Omagh 2,712 2,749 3,035 Strabane 2,027 2,012 2,203 Total 58,026 61,560 60,260 1 Provisional figures. The total expenditure for road maintenance in the current financial year is estimated at £61.4 million and, at present, it is expected that expenditure in the 1995–96 financial year will be on a broadly similar level.
In the past four financial years expenditure on winter gritting is as follows:
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£000's Division 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 11993–94 Ballymena 517 427 472 579 Belfast 526 284 294 254 Coleraine 729 502 685 822 Craigavon 735 520 709 789
Division 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 11993–94 Downpatrick 763 614 532 740 Omagh 878 473 699 644 Total 4,148 2,820 3,391 3,828 1 Provisional figures.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many potholes by grade or priority for repair there were in each council area in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years and the current year to date; if he will further break the figures down by(a) road classification and (b) mile or kilometre of each such road type.
§ Mr. Tim SmithThe information requested is not available in the form requested and could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.