HC Deb 26 October 1998 vol 318 cc14-5W
Mr. Collins

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if the Mayor of London will be given(a) a specific responsibility and (b) a specific budget for the signposting of London's roads and streets. [56425]

Ms Glenda Jackson

We shall be defining a network of the most important roads in London for which the Greater London Authority will be the traffic authority. The Authority will therefore have power to place traffic signs in relation to those roads. The Government will not set the Mayor a specific budget for traffic signs. Spending on traffic signs in relation to the Authority's roads will be met from the transport budget set by the Mayor.