§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is the forecast Government expenditure for each of the next three decades for each of the design, build, finance and operate road contracts that have been let or are part of the current trunk roads programme; [15451]
(2) how much is to be paid to the contractor per vehicle or vehicle kilometre in shadow tolls for use of the road for each design, build, finance and operate contract let; [15452]
(3) what are his Department's forecasts for daily vehicle usage for each of the next three decades for each of the roads covered by a current or planned design, build, finance and operate contract. [15453]
§ Mr. WattsI have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Cynog Dafis, dated 19 February 1997:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your recent questions about DBFO road contracts.The estimated payments for individual contracts are commercially confidential. However the following figures illustrate by each of the three DBFO tranches, the forecast average annual figure of government expenditure over each of the next three decades:
£ million Tranche 1997–98 to 2006–07 2007–08 to 2016–17 2017–18 to 2026–27 Tranche 1 99 127 94 Tranche 1A 78 102 120 Tranche 21 126 201 205 Totals 303 430 419 1 Include M6 Carlisle to Guardsmill and A40 West London Approach DBFOs.
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At cash prices £ million: Year LU core London buses Tendered bus division London transport buses DLR2 New lines and extensions Other Total 1978 47 19 — — — — — 66 1979 65 35 — — — — — 100 1980 78 45 — — — — — 123 1981 91 56 — — — — — 147 1982 82 45 — — — — — 127 1983 110 58 — — — — — 168 1984–853 147 60 — — 33 — — 240 1985–86 135 40 — — 33 — 26 234 1986–87 171 36 — — 16 — 18 241 1987–88 213 20 — — 61 — — 294 1988–89 215 25 1 — 51 6 14 312 1989–90 307 27 1 — 93 13 2 443 1990–91 414 28 1 — 139 45 7 634 1991–92 298 38 1 — 162 71 12 582 1992–93 632 46 1 — — 96 14 789 1993–94 485 23 — — — 301 12 821 1994–95 528 2 — 9 — 401 14 954
Please note these figures which are in cash prices will vary according to the usage of the DBFO road and the performance of the DBFO Company. The figures do not include some additional but relatively minor future lump sum payments covering for example archaeological works. Because of their uncertain nature these are extremely difficult to estimate.With regard to the other two questions, the amounts paid to the contractor per vehicle or vehicle kilometre and the Department's forecasts for daily vehicle usage over the next three decades, cannot be provided for commercial reasons.