§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what is the financial allocation towards the minor and major road works programme in each roads division in the current financial year; [94451]
659W(2) what was the financial spending on minor and major road works programmes in each roads division for each year since 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1999. [94469]
§ Mr. George HowarthResponsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Roads Service under its Chief Executive, Mr. C. James. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from C. James to Mr. Eddie McGrady, dated 21 October 1999:
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has asked me to respond to your recently tabled Parliamentary Questions about financial allocations and spending on minor and major road works programmes in each Division of Roads Service.The information you sought in respect of the current financial year is as follows:
Minor and major road works programmes—1999–2000 Financial allocations £000 Programmes Roads Service Divisions Minor works Major works Northern 1,881 3,106 Southern 1,779 2,014 Eastern 3,022 4,442 Western 1,876 197
You will note that the above table reflects our new Divisional structure following the Roads Service reorganisation on I April 1999.The information you sought in respect of the period 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1999 is as follows:
Minor road works programme—financial spending 1995–96 to 1998–99 £000 Roads Service Division 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Ballymena 2,157 1,723 2,100 1,810 Belfast 2,129 2,227 2,612 2,303 Coleraine 2,093 1,817 1,923 2,013 Craigavon 2,363 2,620 2,369 1,949 Downpatrick 2,254 1,981 2,329 2,035 Omagh 2,272 1,896 2,202 2,167
Major road works programme—financial spending 1995–96 to 1998–99 £000 Roads Service Divisions 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 Ballymena 491 2,050 4,523 2,372 Belfast 5,912 6,104 3,521 3,501 Coleraine 629 234 117 96 Craigavon 6,249 2,202 907 683 Downpatrick 712 1,394 2,097 640 Omagh 2,171 1,499 2,585 400
The 2 tables above reflect our former Divisional structure prior to reorganisation on 1 April 1999.I hope you find this information helpful.