To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much local authority expenditure he intends to accept for transport supplementary grant in 1990–91; what supplementary credit approvals and what level of annual capital guidelines he will be issuing for local roads expenditure; and if he will make a statement.
I have decided to accept £466 million of local authority highway expenditure for transport supplementary grant in 1990–91. Grant will be paid on this expenditure at a flate rate of 50 per cent. The total of £233 million TSG is nearly 15 per cent. higher than for 1989–90.I have also decided to issue supplementary credit approvals of £50 million and total annual capital guidelines of £352 million, bringing coverage for local roads and parking for 1990–91 to £635 million. The capital allocation for 1989–90 is £513 million.Seventy new major (over £1 million) schemes will be supported through TSG for the first time. Among these are the Birmingham Heartlands spine road; a major new link road from the M57 to the A562 in Merseyside; the Littlehampton bypass; further stages of both the Avon ring road and the Leeds inner ring road; as well as the Thornaby bypass and the Beddington-Mitcham relief road other important improvements in both urban and rural areas. Twenty-two of these schemes will directly assist inner cities.Some 270 other major schemes will continue to receive TSG support, including 90 in inner-city areas. Most of these are already under construction or are due to start in the current financial year.Local authorities have reported completion of 59 TSG-supported schemes costing £245 million in 1988–89 and a start of works on 65 such schemes costing £401 million. During 1989–90, they plan to complete a further 62 schemes costing £290 million and start 76 costing £538 million.In deciding the distribution of transport supplementary grant for 1990–91, I have considered carefully the transport policies and programme document submitted by each local highway authority, and have looked at the extent to which authorities' programmes relate to roads of more than local importance. Many local authority roads—such as major urban roads and roads on the primary route network—carry significant amounts of through traffic, and thus complement the trunk road network. Improvements to such roads are important locally because they save lives, reduce congestion and relieve communities from the effects of through traffic. They are also of national benefit by aiding the efficient flow of goods, people and services. TSG reflects the national taxpayer's interest in helping local authorities to improve these roads.I have also given special priority this year to schemes which will assist in the regeneration of our inner cities. New and improved roads are often crucial in unlocking inner-city potential, either by removing through traffic from inner-city streets, thereby relieving congestion, increasing safety and improving the environment, or by providing high-quality access to the motorway network for inner-city industry and commerce.Many smaller schemes on heavily trafficked roads produce very significant accident savings and other benefits. My right hon. Friend has therefore also taken into account £38 million of expenditure on minor (under £1 million) schemes for grant in 1990–91.Annual capital guidelines, together with supplementary credit approvals, will provide local highway authorities with the necessary resources to meet the balance of their TSG-accepted expenditure and to undertake a further wide range of improvements and expenditure to which TSG support does not extend.The amount of expenditure accepted for TSG, the amount of grant, the annual capital guideline, and the
Local authority capital expenditure on roads 1990–91 | ||||
Authority | Net expenditure accepted for TSG | Transport supplementary grant | Supplementary credit approvals | Annual capital guideline |
£ million | £ million | £ million | £ million | |
Metropolitan districts | ||||
Bolton | 2·684 | 1·342 | 0·000 | 1·945 |
Bury | 1·698 | 0·849 | 0·000 | 1·315 |
Manchester | 9·632 | 4·816 | 0·187 | 8·198 |
Oldham | 1·228 | 0·614 | 0·000 | 2·443 |
Rochdale | 0·378 | 0·189 | 0·000 | 1·036 |
Salford | 5·096 | 2·548 | 0·000 | 3·882 |
Stockport | 0·916 | 0·458 | 0·000 | 0·959 |
Tameside | 0·806 | 0·403 | 0·000 | 1·438 |
Trafford | 0·778 | 0·389 | 0·000 | 1·566 |
Wigan | 1·744 | 0·872 | 0·000 | 2·065 |
Knowsley | 1·792 | 0·896 | 0·000 | 1·397 |
Liverpool | 1·500 | 0·750 | 0·000 | 1·397 |
St. Helens | 5·882 | 2·941 | 0·340 | 3·007 |
Sefton | 0·738 | 0·369 | 0·282 | 0·689 |
Wirral | 0·900 | 0·450 | 0·220 | 1·299 |
Barnsley | 3·148 | 1·574 | 0·132 | 2·142 |
Doncaster | 1·414 | 0·707 | 0·000 | 1·897 |
Rotherham | 2·486 | 1·243 | 0·000 | 1·908 |
Sheffield | 11·092 | 5·546 | 0·270 | 6·191 |
Gateshead | 1·944 | 0·972 | 0·000 | 1·991 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 0·124 | 0·062 | 0·000 | 2·920 |
North Tyneside | 0·306 | 0·153 | 0·000 | 0·542 |
South Tyneside | 1·400 | 0·700 | 0·000 | 1·242 |
Sunderland | 1·694 | 0·847 | 0·000 | 3·033 |
Birmingham | 15·790 | 7·895 | 0·744 | 9·811 |
Coventry | 2·948 | 1·474 | 0·825 | 1·537 |
Dudley | 1·150 | 0·575 | 0·000 | 2·272 |
Sandwell | 1·504 | 0·752 | 0·000 | 2·672 |
Solihull | 0·856 | 0·428 | 0·000 | 1·325 |
Walsall | 5·502 | 2·751 | 2·693 | 0·490 |
Wolverhampton | 5·684 | 2·842 | 2·111 | 1·748 |
Bradford | 4·934 | 2·467 | 0·127 | 4·115 |
Calderdale | 0·192 | 0·096 | 0·000 | 1·428 |
Kirklees | 0·120 | 0·060 | 0·000 | 0·735 |
Leeds | 5·264 | 2·632 | 0·088 | 3·876 |
waKefield | 0·314 | 0·157 | 0·000 | 2·457 |
Shire Counties | ||||
Avon | 13·428 | 6·714 | 0·491 | 7·230 |
Bedfordshire | 5·182 | 2·591 | 0·132 | 3·659 |
Berkshire | 3·764 | 1·882 | 0·239 | 5·723 |
Buckinghamshire | 2·306 | 1·153 | 0·000 | 2·087 |
Cambridgeshire | 3·864 | 1·932 | 0·000 | 4·316 |
Cheshire | 8·308 | 4·154 | 0·000 | 6·174 |
Cleveland | 10·884 | 5·442 | 0·000 | 6·174 |
Cornwall | 5·594 | 2·797 | 0·000 | 4·670 |
Cumbria | 4·652 | 2·326 | 0·000 | 3·326 |
Derbyshire | 1·164 | 0·582 | 0·000 | 4·353 |
Devon | 6·788 | 3·394 | 0·407 | 7·622 |
Dorset | 5·732 | 2·866 | 0·000 | 4·544 |
Durham | 4·820 | 2·410 | 0·000 | 2·932 |
East Sussex | 6·142 | 3·071 | 0·660 | 5·082 |
Essex | 13·372 | 6·686 | 0·373 | 11·533 |
Gloucestershire | 3·866 | 1·933 | 0 000 | 3·215 |
Hampshire | 15·278 | 7·639 | 5·910 | 4·274 |
Herefordshire and Worcester | 2·676 | 1·338 | 0·000 | 2·585 |
Hertfordshire | 6·050 | 3·025 | 0·000 | 4·700 |
Humberside | 10·624 | 5·312 | 0·000 | 7·677 |
Isle of Wight | 0·828 | ;0·414 | 0·000 | 1·202 |
Kent | 25·100 | 12·550 | 9·853 | 8·869 |
Lancashire | 25·746 | 12·873 | 0·000 | 16·496 |
Leicestershire | 6·094 | 3 047 | 0·000 | 4·477 |
Lincolnshire | 3·148 | 1·574 | 0·000 | 2·481 |
Norfolk | 11·346 | 5·673 | 2·889 | 4·428 |
Northamptonshire | 5·698 | 2·849 | 0·000 | 5·115 |
Northumberland | 2·962 | 1·481 | 0·000 | 2·265 |
supplementary credit approvals which the Government intend to issue for highway expenditure for each local highway authority are set out in the table. Councils are being informed individually today of their own figures.
Authority
| Net expenditure accepted for TSG
| Transport supplementary grant
| Supplementary credit approvals
| Annual capital guideline
|
£ million | £ million | £ million | £ million | |
North Yorkshire | 6·888 | 3·444 | 0·000 | 4·909 |
Nottinghamshire | 3·828 | 1·914 | 0·000 | 3·986 |
Oxfordshire | 4·924 | 2·462 | 0·000 | 5·352 |
Shropshire | 3·132 | 1-566 | 0·000 | 3·540 |
Somerset | 6·312 | 3·156 | 0·000 | 4·486 |
Staffordshire | 5·826 | 2·913 | 0·000 | 4·390 |
Suffolk | 6·374 | 3·187 | 0·000 | 5·782 |
Surrey | 12·660 | 6·330 | 2·746 | 6·359 |
Warwickshire | 0·984 | 0·492 | 0·328 | 2·112 |
West Sussex | 9·064 | 4·532 | 0·000 | 6·045 |
Wiltshire | 5·970 | 2·985 | 0·000 | 4·714 |
London Boroughs
| ||||
City of London | 0·202 | 0·101 | 0·000 | 0·461 |
Barking and Dagenham | 3·496 | 1·748 | 0·000 | 3·622 |
Barnet | 0·322 | 0·161 | 0·000 | 0·571 |
Bexley | 4·268 | 2·134 | 0·000 | 2·869 |
Brent | 0·014 | 0·007 | 0·000 | 0·736 |
Bromley | 7·668 | 3·834 | 0·000 | 4·328 |
Camden | 0·378 | 0·189 | 0·000 | 1·095 |
Croydon | 1·776 | 0·888 | 0·000 | 1·890 |
Ealing | 4·858 | 2·429 | 1·710 | 3·592 |
Enfield | 9·762 | 4·881 | 6·480 | 0·429 |
Greenwich | 0·038 | 0·019 | 0·000 | 1·149 |
Hackney | 0·372 | 0·186 | 0·000 | 0·791 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 0·296 | 0·148 | 0·000 | 1·303 |
Haringey | 5·442 | 2·721 | 2·780 | 0·661 |
Harrow | 6·428 | 3·214 | 0·000 | 5·668 |
Havering | 0·430 | 0·215 | 0·000 | 0·568 |
Hillingdon | 5·484 | 2·742 | 4·917 | 2·297 |
Hounslow | 0·558 | 0·279 | 0·279 | 0·540 |
Islington | 0·336 | 0·168 | 0·000 | 0·549 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 0·570 | 0·285 | 0·000 | 0·694 |
Kingston upon Thames | 1·132 | 0·566 | 0·000 | 1·881 |
Lambeth | 0·308 | 0·154 | 0·000 | 0·280 |
Lewisham | 3·974 | 1·987 | 0·000 | 3·081 |
Merton | 14·200 | 7·100 | 1·150 | 7·282 |
Newham | 3·582 | 1·791 | 0·000 | 2·869 |
Redbridge | 0·268 | 0·134 | 0·000 | 0·598 |
Richmond upon Thames | 0·344 | 0·172 | 0·000 | 0·633 |
Southwark | 0·498 | 0·249 | 0·000 | 1·701 |
Sutton | 1·180 | 0·590 | 0·000 | 3·168 |
Tower Hamlets | 0·182 | 0·091 | 0·000 | 1·007 |
Waltham Forest | 0·112 | 0·056 | 0·000 | 0·726 |
Wandsworth | 2·022 | 1·011 | 0·000 | 3·429 |
Westminster | 0·734 | 0·367 | 0·000 | 4·589 |