§ Mr. BlizzardTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of the total land area of the UK is taken up by roads. [146736]
§ Mr. JamiesonIt is estimated that about 1 per cent. of the land area of the UK is taken up by roads.
§ Mr. BlizzardTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of dual carriageway there are per unit area in each county. [146738]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe information requested is given in the Table:
Miles of dual carriageway per thousand square miles, 2002 County Miles of dual carriageway per thousand square miles Avon 52 Bedfordshire 52 Berkshire 129 Buckinghamshire 57 Cambridgeshire 70 Cheshire 72 Cleveland 196 Cornwall 27 Cumbria 12 Derbyshire 60 Devon 35 Dorset 33 Durham 38 East Sussex 30 Essex 66 Gloucestershire 30 Hampshire 78 Hereford and Worcester 67 Hertfordshire 104 Humberside 33 Isle of Wight 10 Kent 73 Lancashire 40 Leicestershire 79 Lincolnshire 11 Norfolk 22 North Yorkshire 19 Northamptonshire 65 Northumberland 19 Nottinghamshire 72 Oxfordshire 42 Shropshire 15 Somerset 16 Staffordshire 64 Suffolk 38 Surrey 97 Warwickshire 47 West Sussex 78 Wiltshire 26 Greater Manchester 133 Merseyside 218 South Yorkshire 77 Tyne and Wear 321 West Midlands 317 West Yorkshire 97 Greater London 273 England 52