HC Deb 13 November 2000 vol 356 cc492-5W
Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what resources he proposes to provide to allow local highway authorities to deal with the backlog in local highway maintenance; and if he will make a statement. [138259]

Mr. Hill

As set out in "Transport 2010: The 10 Year Plan" we are committed to providing sufficient funds to tackle the backlog of expenditure on carriageway, footway, bridge, and street lighting maintenance, estimated to be £7 billion in the next 10 years. In the forthcoming Local Transport Plan settlement we will provide £535 million to fund capital maintenance works on local highways in 2001–02 and £555 million in 2002–03. These are increases of 103 per cent. and 110 per cent. respectively compared with 2000–01. We have extended the settlement to cover non-principal roads as well as principal roads and bridges.

The allocations for local highway authorities in 2001–02 and 2002–03 are shown in the table, with the allocations for the current year for comparison. For the remaining three years of the five years of the Local Transport Plan settlement, authorities will receive at least 75 per cent. of their allocation for maintenance in 2002–03.

In addition, earmarked resources will be provided for new major maintenance schemes for the Central Motorway East in Newcastle and for the Silver Jubilee Bridge in Halton.

These capital resources provided through the Local Transport Plan settlement are in addition to the support for local highway maintenance provided through Revenue Support Grant.

The Local Transport Plan settlement does not cover London. Funding for local highway maintenance in London is a matter for the Mayor and Greater London Authority.

Local Transport Plan Settlement Capital Allocations for Local Road Maintenance
£000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Darlington 933 1,329 1,398
Durham 5,240 8,555 9,103
Gateshead 1,533 1,533 1,533
Hartlepool 521 520 544
Middlesborough 492 877 734
Newcastle 3,657 3,657 3,657
North Tyneside 600 1,451 1,226
Northumberland 3,990 9,312 9,919
Redcar and Cleveland 660 1,568 1,621
South Tyneside 739 1,560 2,332
Stockton on Tees 566 1,194 1,283
Sunderland 2,117 2,638 2,770
Total for North East Region 21,048 34,194 36,120
Barnsley 2,453 2,670 2,829
Bradford 3,699 5,031 5,568
Calderdale 2,803 4,592 4,815
Doncaster 1,184 1,970 2,078
East Riding 2,254 5,898 4,861
Hull 1,461 1,501 1,461
Kirklees 4,870 6,163 6,405
Leeds 4,090 9,254 9,896
North East Lincolnshire 740 965 970
North Lincolnshire 1,556 2,468 2,598
North Yorkshire 5,740 13,449 14,361
Rotherham 1,809 3,124 3,297
Sheffield 3,518 3,518 3,582
Wakefield 2,772 3,568 3,762
York 712 1,095 1,155
Total for Yorkshire and Humberside Region 39,661 65,266 67,638
Birmingham 4,330 6,245 6,620
Coventry 1,173 1,232 1,317
Dudley 1,416 3,158 3,376
Herefordshire 2,372 4,348 4,539
Sandwell 2,453 3,558 2,453
Shropshire 3,885 7,982 8,548
Solihull 674 1,737 1,832
Staffordshire 4,554 8,675 9,315
Stoke on Trent 1,161 1,273 1,160
Telford/Wrekin 1,220 2,312 2,464
Walsall 2,242 2,964 3,072
Warwickshire 2,410 6,774 5,414
Wolverhampton 1,043 3,466 2,744
Worcestershire 3,161 7,184 7,366
Total for West Midlands Region 32,094 60,908 60,220
Local Transport Plan Settlement Capital Allocations for Local Road Maintenance
£000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
City of Derby 955 1,423 1,549
City of Leicester 1,948 2,764 4,316
Greater Nottingham 1,650 8,009 8,604
Derbyshire 2,880 11,034 11,711
Leicestershire 2,185 6,494 6,788
Lincolnshire 3,385 10,278 10,890
Northamptonshire 2,291 5,342 5,463
North Nottinghamshire 6,541 10,880 11,323
Rutland 407 751 783
Total for East Midlands Region 22,242 56,975 61,427
Bedfordshire 1,743 3,247 3,491
Cambridgeshire 2,817 6,967 7,437
Essex 5,170 13,925 15,001
Hertfordshire 4,467 10,083 10,586
Luton and Dunstable 461 819 862
Norfolk 5,203 19,247 18,973
Peterborough 1,082 1,765 1.843
Southend on Sea 696 1,608 1,742
Suffolk 4,472 13,467 11,808
Thurrock 597 1,146 1,201
Total for Eastern Region 26,708 72,274 72,944
Bath and North East Somerset 1,868 2,552 2,740
Bournemouth/Poole 841 1,662 1,744
Bristol 1,907 3,847 4,054
Cornwall 3,874 9,424 10,210
Devon 5,877 12,139 12,822
Dorset 1,645 5,807 6,218
Gloucestershire 4.551 10,076 10,812
North Somerset 895 3,173 2,437
Plymouth 1,815 2,324 2,481
Somerset 4,262 11,496 12,306
South Gloucestershire 1,276 3,343 3.505
Swindon 958 1,307 1,382
Torbay 379 1,161 1,208
Wiltshire 2,255 9,570 10,024
Total for South West Region 32,403 77,881 81.943
Bracknell 366 580 568
Brighton and Hove 1,113 1,126 1,199
Buckinghamshire 3,821 8,227 7,087
East Sussex 3,013 5,661 6,670
Hampshire 4,388 9,870 10,524
Isle of Wight 1,540 2,900 3,018
Kent 6,466 11,513 12,149
Medway Towns 757 934 990
Milton Keynes 1,279 2,069 2,194
Oxfordshire 5,793 8,045 8,013
Portsmouth 579 803 835
Reading 534 1,650 697
Slough 312 312 312
Southampton 581 1,085 1,152
Surrey 6,972 11,763 12,475
West Berkshire 900 1,285 1,379
West Sussex 2,320 6,389 6,813
Windsor 750 1,025 1,096
Wokingham 562 819 865
Total for South East Region 42,046 76,056 78,036
Blackburn 1,932 2,274 2,335
Blackpool 468 952 991
Bolton 2,089 5,102 5,236
Bury 1,245 1,929 2,002
Cheshire 8,956 11,535 12,204
Cumbria 5,544 9,173 9,884
Halton 2,893 2,893 2,893
Knowsley 710 1,038 1,090
Lancashire 6,096 16,630 17,782
Liverpool 2,152 4,184 3,991
Manchester 2,442 5,569 5,679
Oldham 1,448 1,784 1,887
Rochdale 1,496 2,677 1,751
Local Transport Plan Settlement Capital Allocations for Local Road Maintenance
£000
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Salford 1,008 1,871 1,746
Sefton 1,217 2,073 2,185
St. Helens 1,317 1,790 1,861
Stockport 1,108 1,815 1,905
Tameside 1,069 2,178 1,501
Trafford 884 1,127 1,213
Warrington 1,755 2,357 2,474
Wigan 1,394 3,420 3,559
Wirral 971 2,079 2,502
Total for North West Region 48,194 84,450 86,671
Total for England, excluding London 264,396 528,004 544,999

Notes:

  1. 1. The allocations for 2000–01 covered only principal roads and bridges. The allocations for 2001–02 and 2002–03 cover principal roads, non-principal roads, and bridges.
  2. 2. There is an element within the Standard Spending Assessment used to distribute Revenue Support Grant which covers revenue expenditure on local road maintenance, e.g. clearing snow, cleaning drains, grass cutting, etc.
  3. 3. These allocations are part of the overall Local Transport Plan settlement to be announced in December.
  4. 4. These figures do not include earmarked resources for ongoing major maintenance schemes in Bedfordshire, Devon, and Portsmouth or for new major maintenance schemes in Newcastle and Halton.

Funding for these schemes will amount to £7 million in 2001–02 and £10 million in 2002–03.

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