§ Paul FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money has been spent on road building projects in each of the last five years; and if he will use funds allocated to future schemes to encourage rail travel instead. [155887]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe expenditure on road building projects in England in the last five years is set out in the following table:
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Highways Agency started to collect information on expenditure on a county-by-county basis in 2001. Expenditure totals for the years 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 are therefore shown in the following table. Equivalent figures for earlier years are not available.
Total spent on non motorways £
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£ County 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Bath and North East 1,162,018.27 1,631,470.05 817,756.63 Somerset Bristol 12,362.45 10,157.40 11,302.04 Cornwall 9,654.395.57 12,044,323.34 10,079,002.14 Devon 38,596,255.32 37,682.602.50 35,572,643.94 Total spent on non motorways £
£ County 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Dorset 4,272,792.34 3,688,271.91 4,285.587.89 Gloucestershire 9,383,633.66 21,770,465.06 21,619,119.63 North Somerset 0.00 0.00 0.00 Somerset 3,914,427.23 2,405,165.16 3,188,763.41 South Gloucestershire 326,983.05 461,811.81 347,131.44 Wiltshire 10,454,631.81 10,294,957.81 12,887,648.06 The Highways Agency has no roads in North Somerset that are not motorways.