HC Deb 16 May 1995 vol 260 c120W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has the total mileage been of(a) all A class non-trunk road, (b) all trunk roads and (c) all motorways, in each year since 1990 for (i) England and (ii) the United Kingdom as a whole. [24454]

Mr. Norris

The table sets out the road length figures by road type for 1990 to 1994.

miles
A Clans Non-trunk Trunk Motorway
England UK England UK England UK
1990 15,445 23,125 5,085 7,965 1,673 1,977
1991 15,728 23,393 4,888 7,768 1,692 1,995
1992 15,748 23,424 4,890 7,754 1,699 2,016
1993 15,815 23,478 4,836 7,694 1,700 2,021
1994 15,891 23,551 4,792 7,641 1,705 2,044

Note:

Roads in Northern Ireland are not classified in the same way as the rest of Great Britain. Therefore the figures provided for the United Kingdom include the lengths of class 1(A) single carriageway roads and class 1(A) dual carriage roads in Northern Ireland as A class non-trunk roads and trunk roads respectively.