§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the Highways Agency's 1996–97 proposed expenditure in each of the regions for(a) new network enhancement schemes, (b) new motorway communications projects and (c) new local safety schemes. [31310]
§ Mr. WattsI have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Graham Allen, dated 7 June 1996:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your recent question asking if he will list the Highways Agency's 1996–97 proposed expenditure in each of the regions for (a) new network enhancement schemes (b) new motorway communication projects and (c) new local safety schemes.The Highways Agency proposed to spend during 1996–97 the amounts (in £) set out below in each of its four regions on new network enhancement schemes, new motorway communication projects and new local safety schemes respectively:
Southern London Midland Northern Network enhancements 0 290,000 400,000 0 Communications1 1,753,000 395,000 135,000 500,000 Safety schemes 450,000 225,000 550,000 500,000 1 In addition to these amounts 973,000 will be spent on new communications projects which will be managed centrally by the HA. All these sums will be in addition to expenditure on schemes which began before the start of the current financial year, but will incur further expenditure during it.