HC Deb 14 January 2002 vol 378 c17W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what provision he has made in his road-building programme for additional costs arising from the aggregates levy. [26512]

Mr. Jamieson

We estimate that the aggregates levy will add less than one per cent. to the cost of the 50 schemes in the Targeted Programme of Improvements. That estimate is likely to be high because of the increasing use of recycled aggregates which the levy was designed to encourage.