§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the actual or planned annual expenditure in 1995 prices on(a) road maintenance and repair, (b) new roads and (c) other roads expenditure, for each year from 1979–80 to 1998–99. [22772]
§ Mr. WattsThe following table gives the expenditure on trunk roads in England from 1979–80 to 1994–95, provision for 1995–96 and plans for 1996–97 to 1998–99. The columns represent new construction, maintenance, both capital and current, and other expenditure, including research and development from 1989–90 and design, build, finance and operate shadow tolls from 1996–97. All figures are at 1993–94 prices; figures at the later price base requested are not yet available.
547W
£ million New construction Maintenance Other Total roads 1979–80 829 264 — 1,093 1980–81 838 246 — 1,084 1981–82 844 340 — 1,184 1982–83 925 368 — 1,293 1983–84 863 326 — 1,189 1984–85 907 373 — 1,280 1985–86 866 369 — 1,235 1986–87 810 459 — 1,269 1987–88 853 490 — 1,343 1988–89 885 382 — 1,267 1989–90 1,087 531 13 1,631 1990–91 1,439 592 13 2,044 1991–92 1,363 616 14 1,993 1992–93 1,333 675 13 2,021 1993–94 1,336 708 12 2,056 1994–95 1,288 704 12 2,004
£ million New construction Maintenance Other Total roads 1995–96 1,110 570 12 1,692 1996–97 902 501 50 1,453 1997–98 637 617 100 1,354 1998–99 618 581 121 1,320