§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what his estimate is of the standard spending assessment for highways and transport per kilometre of(a) principal and (b) non-principal road in each shire county in England in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [7963]
§ Dr. WhiteheadA table showing the standard spending assessment for highway maintenance per kilometre of principal and non-principal road in each shire county in England is as follows. The highway maintenance SSA is determined mainly by an authority's length of roads together with the average traffic flow for that authority.
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Highway Maintenance SSA per km Local authority Principal roads Non-principal roads Cornwall 4,319 3,308 Cumbria 4,690 3,446 Gloucestershire 5,054 3,950 Hertfordshire 12,007 8,548 Lincolnshire 4,774 3,260 Norfolk 5,177 3,848 Northamptonshire 8,253 6,536 Northumberland 5,084 3,563 Oxfordshire 6,533 5,499 Somerset 4,759 3,502 Suffolk 5,564 3,999 Surrey 12,318 9,105 Warwickshire 6,392 4,807 West Sussex 8,444 6,513 North Yorkshire 5,226 3,598 Bedfordshire 8,301 6,612 Buckinghamshire 7,478 5,992 Derbyshire 7,542 5,101 Dorset 4,621 3,827 Durham 6,866 5,197 East Sussex 7,381 5,384 Hampshire 7,339 5,718
Highway Maintenance SSA per km Local authority Principal roads Non-principal roads Leicestershire 6,811 5,683 Staffordshire 7,419 5,137 Wiltshire 5,337 4,269 Cambridgeshire 6,483 5,412 Cheshire 6,636 5,109 Devon 4,387 3,142 Essex 9,739 7,685 Kent 8,053 5,661 Lancashire 8,386 6,010 Nottinghamshire 7,999 6,308 Shropshire 4,663 3,265 Worcestershire 6,441 4,930 Isle of Wight Council 6,840 4,718 It is not possible to provide a similar table for the other transport elements (concessionary fares and bus support outside London) included in the Environmental, Protective and Cultural Services block as these elements are not separately identifiable within this block.