§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on capital maintenance on national roads in each of the past 10 years; and how much other money was available each year for national roads. [4359]
§ Mr. WattsThe following table shows actual expenditure on the capital maintenance of roads from 1986–87 to 1995–96. Also shown is the figure for other money budgeted for capital and current programme expenditure on national roads.
£million Year Capital Maintenance Roads Other money budgeted for national roads 1986–87 180.6 755.5 1987–88 213.3 757.3 1988–89 129.4 944.6 1989–90 240.4 1,235.0 1990–91 288.7 1,639.2 1991–92 306.6 1,720.6 1992–93 364.5 1,751.0 1993–94 404.3 1,844.4 1994–95 402.2 1,820.7 1995–96 309.7 1,627.3