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Roads

Volume 112: debated on Wednesday 18 March 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the road schemes planned by his Department to which objection hearings in the High Court are awaited.

The only road scheme planned by the Department to which a hearing in the High Court is awaited is A5 Telford-Shrewsbury.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each metropolitan district and each London borough the estimated highways capital and highways maintenance expenditure for 1986–87.

[pursuant to his reply, 3 March 1987, c. 533]: I regret that my earlier answer contained a number of errors. The correct information is in the following tables.

Capital and maintenance expenditure on roads by London boroughs and metropolitan districts—1986–87
London BoroughsCapital budget1

£ million
Maintenance budget2

£ million
City of London2·3904·187
Inner Boroughs
Camden2·4887·156
Greenwich3·8428·032
Hackney2·8263·742
Hammersmith and Fulham0·3104·981
Islington1·0783·070
Kensington and Chelsea0·7614·356
Lambeth3·0448·241
Lewisham1·6646·719
Southwark2·6756·909
Tower Hamlets2·2548·403
Wandsworth7·6404·515
Westminster3·8129·746
Outer Boroughs
Barking and Dagenham2·0003·221
London BoroughsCapital budget1

£ million
Maintenance budget2

£ million
Barnet1·7158·483
Bexley4·8504·236
Brent1·0063·397
Bromley2·2689·321
Croydon1·2947·438
Ealing5·9846·125
Enfield9·0915·629
Haringey2·4433·481
Harrow3·4431·714
Havering5·7835·059
Hillingdon11·2085·667
Hounslow1·8182·541
Kingston-upon-Thames7·9173·644
Merton4·9385·491
Newham3·7944·163
Redbridge4·2605·115
Richmond-upon-Thames0·9184·609
Sutton2·0373·558
Waltham Forest2·3293·908
Source:
1 Authorities' 1986 Transport Policies and Programmes.
2 Authorities' Return of Expenditure and Rates '87.
Capital and maintenance expenditure on roads by London boroughs and metropolitan districts—1986–87
Metropolitan districtsCapital budget1

£ million
Maintenance budget2

£ million
Greater Manchester
Bolton1·2303·930
Bury2·0721·892
Manchester11·9619·837
Oldham0·7204·632
Rochdale1·3102·636
Salford3·6614·514
Stockport3·8074·781
Tameside1·4004·181
Trafford4·0725·809
Wigan5·7056·049
Merseyside
Knowsley0·8415·192
Liverpool9·06913·070
St. Helens0·7483·849
Sefton1·0318·288
Wirral1·3707·103
South Yorkshire
Barnsley2·0685·130
Doncaster1·8718·179
Rotherham1·4407·383
Sheffield7·11911·728
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead1·3207·220
Newcastle-upon-Tyne2·0547·517
North Tyneside0·6267·011
South Tyneside3·5595·071
Sunderland6·6926·783
West Midlands
Birmingham15·81319·106
Coventry2·1836·518
Dudley2·8055·512
Sandwell2·8767·093
Solihull0·8944·620
Walsall3·9134·508
Wolverhampton6·8784·414
West Yorkshire
Bradford8·9146·793
Metropolitan districtsCapital budget1

£ million
Maintenance budget2

£ million
Calderdale0·9996·566
Kirklees4·0407·938
Leeds4·16617·252
Wakefield1·5557·617
Source:
1 Authorities' 1986 Transport Policies and Programmes
2 Authorities' Return of Expenditure and Rates '87