HC Deb 10 December 2002 vol 396 cc214-5W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which local authorities received supplementary credit approvals related to roads maintenance and repair in each financial year since 2000–01; and what the total amount received was in each case for(a) flood damage and (b) other causes. [86110]

Mr. Jamieson

All local authorities in England (outside London) received capital support in the form of supplementary credit approvals for road maintenance in 2000–01 and 2001–02. Capital support to authorities for road maintenance in 2002–03 is in the form of basic credit approvals except for major maintenance schemes with a gross cost exceeding £5 million. The following four authorities have received supplementary credit approvals in 2002–03 for major maintenance schemesBedfordshire Halton Newcastle Upon Tyne Oldham

The support made available to authorities each year does not separately identify the provision for road maintenance and repair relating to flood damage and to other causes. We separately provided £23 million in 2001–02 in support to the following 22 authorities in England for the repair of roads worst affected by flooding in the previous winter and spring:

Amount in thousands (£000)
Local authority names Flood damage 2001–02
Brighton and Hove 341
Derby 106
Hartlepool 66
Herefordshire 988
Medway 162
Portsmouth 180
Redcar and Cleveland 195

Amount in thousands (£000)
Local authority names Flood damage 2001–02
Telford and The Wrekin 401
West Berkshire 364
Devon 879
East Sussex 1,656
Gloucestershire 894
Hampshire 5,051
Kent 5,333
North Yorkshire 1,258
Northumberland 100
Shropshire 256
Surrey 1,440
West Sussex 1,684
Wiltshire 930
Oldham 931
LB Richmond 50
Total 23,265