HC Deb 16 March 1998 vol 308 cc456-7W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the amount spent by each unitary authority on road maintenance in each of the last five years. [34350]

Mr. Hain

The available information is given in the following table. Information for unitary authorities is not available prior to 1996–97.

Local authority expenditure on road maintenance1
£000
Net current aexpenditure 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 21996–97 31997–98
Blaenau Gwent 3,704 3,525
Bridgend 6,398 6,283
Caerphilly 7,919 7,922
Cardiff 12,694 13,308
Carmarthenshire 13,192 12,945
Ceredigion 7,178 6,945
Conwy 5,732 5,409
Denbighshire 5,327 5,055
Flintshire 6,805 7,064
Gwynedd 9,007 9,562
Isle of Anglesey 4,214 4,572
Merthyr Tydfil 2,464 2,335
Monmouthshire 4,728 4,259
Neath Port Talbot 7,362 7,379
Newport 4,059 4,212
Pembrokeshire 7,965 8,043
Powys 12,999 12,337
Rhondda Cynon Taff 7,012 7,483
Swansea 8,487 8,430
The Vale of Glamorgan 5,261 4,766
Torfaen 3,265 3,149
Wrexham 5,269 5,373
Total Wales current expenditure 146,090 149,550 157,134 151,041 150,356

Local authority expenditure on road maintenance1
£000
Net current aexpenditure 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 21996–97 31997–98
Total Wales capital expenditure4 116,568 132,477 151,119
1Includes structural maintenance of roads, bridges and other structures, and other highways maintenance expenditure including lighting and street cleaning.
2Revised estimates.
3Budget.
4Detailed capital expenditure information is not yet available for 1996–97 or 1997–98.