§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer from the Minister of State, Scottish Office, of 22 January,Official Report, column 608, what assessment he has made of the merits of including the construction of the A74 from the Scottish border to junction 44 on the M6 in the M6—design, build, finance and operate—contract; and when he expects construction to begin. [13002]
§ Mr. WattsThe bid from the private sector for constructing the improvements to the A74 between Carlisle and Guardsmill as part of the M6 DBFO is being assessed for value for money and affordability.
All figures in £000 Highway schemes Structural maintenance Public transport Packages Local safety1 Totals TSG eligible Non TSG funding Bridges Principle roads Accepted for grant2 SCA3 Accepted for grant SCA Accepted for grant2 S56 SCA/ACG4 SCA SCA City of London 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 Barking/Dagenham 0 191 0 0 76 0 0 326 593 Barnet 0 384 0 0 224 0 0 553 1,161 Bexley 2,415 532 0 0 885 0 0 376 4,208 Brent 0 491 0 0 220 0 0 652 1,363 Bromley 0 9,357 0 0 510 0 0 250 10,117 Camden 0 295 0 0 650 0 0 421 1,366 Croydon 0 760 0 0 805 0 0 651 2,216 Ealing 0 872 0 0 183 0 0 275 1,330 Enfield 194 315 0 0 547 0 0 651 1,707 Greenwich 7,871 290 0 0 449 0 0 326 8,936 Hackney 0 228 0 0 200 0 0 549 977 Hammersmith and Fulham 0 2,045 0 0 560 0 0 301 2,906 Haringey 0 320 0 0 176 0 0 335 831 Harrow 2,600 284 0 0 226 0 0 300 3,410 Havering 0 329 0 0 81 0 0 246 656 Hillingdon 244 297 0 0 393 0 0 326 1,260 Hounslow 550 306 0 0 438 0 0 544 1,838 Islington 0 383 0 0 450 0 0 375 1,208 Kensington and Chelsea 750 920 0 0 227 0 0 200 2,097 Kingston 550 4,201 0 0 472 0 0 325 5,548 Lambeth 0 346 0 0 766 0 0 250 1,362