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Mr. Roy Hughes
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report for each year since 1979–80, with estimates for 1982–83, the level of spending for (a) trunk road construction, (b) trunk road maintenance, (c) local road construction, (d) local road maintenance (i) as budgeted in the relevant expenditure White Paper and (ii) actual outturn, giving for each year the percentage under or overspend.
Mr. Michael Roberts
The information is estimated to be as follows:
| Road construction, improvement and maintenance, Wales | ||||
| £ million cash | ||||
| 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–83 | |
| Central Government | ||||
| Motorways and Trunk Roads* | ||||
| New Construction and Improvement | ||||
| 1. Planned expenditure† | 64 | 82 | 94 | 100 |
| 2. Actual expenditure | 63 | 81 | 88 | ¶100 |
| 3. Shortfall (-)/Excess (+) as percentage of 1. | -2 | -1 | -6 | Nil |
| Road Maintenance‡ | ||||
| 1. Planned Expenditures† | 10 | 11 | 17 | 18 |
| 2. Actual Expenditure | 12 | 11 | 20 | ¶18 |
| 3. Shortfall (-)/Excess (+) as a percentage of 1. | +20 | Nil | +18 | Nil |
| Local Authority | ||||
| New construction and improvement* | ||||
| 1. Planned expenditure† | 47 | 54 | 50 | 65 |
| 2. Actual expenditure | 43 | 50 | ≑46 | ¶62 |
| 3. Shortfall (-)/Excess (+) as a percentage of 1. | -9 | -7 | -8 | -5 |
| Road Maintenance‡ | ||||
| 1. Planned expenditure† | 44 | 52 | 70 | 74 |
| 2. Actual expenditure | 48 | 53 | ≑72 | ¶72 |
| 3. Shortfall (-)/Excess (+) as a percentage of 1. | +9 | +2 | +3 | -3 |
| * Including lighting installation. | ||||
| † These figures are consistent with the relevant Public Expenditure White Paper in each case. | ||||
| ‡ Including lighting, maintenance, snow clearing and gritting. | ||||
| ≑ Provisional outturn. | ||||
| ¶ Estimated. | ||||