§ Mr. ReedTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how much local authorities have spent on traffic-calming measures from 1992 up to the last year for which figures are available. [18480]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe introduction of traffic calming measures is a matter for local highway authorities. We have no details of the amounts spent by authorities since 1992.
Outturn Outturn to date1 Local authority 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Birmingham 582 660 476 321 179 Bridgnorth 12 29 — — — Bromsgrove 18 39 15 32 5 Cannock Chase 52 8 19 64 17 Coventry 83 156 126 63 2 Dudley 29 67 208 — — East Staffordshire 72 39 15 — — Hereford 38 — — — — Herefordshire — 27 58 53 33 Leominster 19 — — — — Lichfield 4 36 5 — 4 Malvern Hills 37 28 50 25 — Newcastle-under-Lyme 51 24 60 13 10 North Shropshire 12 43 4 12 15