asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will (a) list the proposed completion date of each section of the Sunderland-Carlisle trunk road, (b) indicate the local authority areas in which each section is situated and (c) state the amount and type of funding received from the European Community for each section.

The information requested for the A69 Carlisle-Tyneside trunk road (formerly the Carlisle-Sunderland trunk road) is as follows. The schemes listed are those recently completed; under construction; or in preparation.