§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what(a) public resource expenditure, (b) private resource expenditure and (c) private investment is provided under the 10-Year Plan for road maintenance by (i) local authorities and (ii) the Highways Agency, (A) at today's prices and (B) at outturn prices. [70651]
§ Mr. JamiesonPlanned public resource expenditure on road maintenance over the period of the 10-Year Plan for Transport amounts to: £19.2 billion at today's (ie 2001–02) prices and £21.5 billion at outturn prices for local authorities; and £2.5 billion at today's prices and £2.8 billion at outturn prices for the Highways Agency.
There is no planned private resource expenditure on road maintenance in the 10-Year Plan. There is no planned private investment on road maintenance on local roads.
All of the Highways Agency's new build private finance schemes include a provision for maintenance in the contract. However it is not possible to identify separately a figure for this maintenance work.