§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to develop the Trans-European Network roads in the UK up to 2010. [129467]
§ Mr. HillThe development of Trans-European Network roads in the UK is considered as part of the motorway and trunk roads programme as a whole. Within that programme all new schemes are assessed by the same rigorous appraisal criteria and brought forward as and when resources permit. Further details of our current plans can be found in the following publications:
- A New Deal for Trunk Roads in England—July 1998
- A Strategic Review of the Welsh Trunk Road Programme—July 19981
- Travel Choices for Scotland: Strategic Roads Review—November 1999.
A formal review of road schemes has not been carried out in Northern Ireland. All new proposals there are considered on their own merits.
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§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what amounts of(a) European Union and (b) United Kingdom funds were spent on each section of Trans-European Network roads in the United Kingdom in each year since 1994. [129799]
§ Mr. HillThe European Union has so far allocated 9.125 million euro from the TEN budget for expenditure on UK motorways and trunk roads.
Article 18 of the TEN Guidelines, adopted in July 1996, requires Member States to provide the European Commission with a biennial implementation report on national investment in the TEN. The first report—COM(1998)614—was published in October 1998. It covers investment in the years 1996 and 1997 and is available in the House Libraries. The next report, covering 1998 and 1999, is due to be published later this year.
Information on investment prior to 1996 is not required by the Commission and is not available.
§ Mr. Alasdair MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the Trans- European Network roads in the United Kingdom. [129794]
§ Mr. HillThe information requested is in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities, Volume 39, a copy of which is available in the House Library. The United Kingdom Trans-European Network roads are detailed on Map 2.14 in Section 2 of Annexe 1 of that document.