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Roads (Funding)

Volume 164: debated on Monday 18 December 1989

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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
AuthorityNet expenditure accepted for TSGTransport supplementary grantSupplementary credit approvalsAnnual capital guideline
£ million£ million£ million£ million
Metropolitan districts
Bolton2·6841·3420·0001·945
Bury1·6980·8490·0001·315
Manchester9·6324·8160·1878·198
Oldham1·2280·6140·0002·443
Rochdale0·3780·1890·0001·036
Salford5·0962·5480·0003·882
Stockport0·9160·4580·0000·959
Tameside0·8060·4030·0001·438
Trafford0·7780·3890·0001·566
Wigan1·7440·8720·0002·065
Knowsley1·7920·8960·0001·397
Liverpool1·5000·7500·0001·397
St. Helens5·8822·9410·3403·007
Sefton0·7380·3690·2820·689
Wirral0·9000·4500·2201·299
Barnsley3·1481·5740·1322·142
Doncaster1·4140·7070·0001·897
Rotherham2·4861·2430·0001·908
Sheffield11·0925·5460·2706·191
Gateshead1·9440·9720·0001·991
Newcastle upon Tyne0·1240·0620·0002·920
North Tyneside0·3060·1530·0000·542
South Tyneside1·4000·7000·0001·242
Sunderland1·6940·8470·0003·033
Birmingham15·7907·8950·7449·811
Coventry2·9481·4740·8251·537
Dudley1·1500·5750·0002·272
Sandwell1·5040·7520·0002·672
Solihull0·8560·4280·0001·325
Walsall5·5022·7512·6930·490
Wolverhampton5·6842·8422·1111·748
Bradford4·9342·4670·1274·115
Calderdale0·1920·0960·0001·428
Kirklees0·1200·0600·0000·735
Leeds5·2642·6320·0883·876
waKefield0·3140·1570·0002·457
Shire Counties
Avon13·4286·7140·4917·230
Bedfordshire5·1822·5910·1323·659
Berkshire3·7641·8820·2395·723
Buckinghamshire2·3061·1530·0002·087
Cambridgeshire3·8641·9320·0004·316
Cheshire8·3084·1540·0006·174
Cleveland10·8845·4420·0006·174
Cornwall5·5942·7970·0004·670
Cumbria4·6522·3260·0003·326
Derbyshire1·1640·5820·0004·353
Devon6·7883·3940·4077·622
Dorset5·7322·8660·0004·544
Durham4·8202·4100·0002·932
East Sussex6·1423·0710·6605·082
Essex13·3726·6860·37311·533
Gloucestershire3·8661·9330 0003·215
Hampshire15·2787·6395·9104·274
Herefordshire and Worcester2·6761·3380·0002·585
Hertfordshire6·0503·0250·0004·700
Humberside10·6245·3120·0007·677
Isle of Wight0·828;0·4140·0001·202
Kent25·10012·5509·8538·869
Lancashire25·74612·8730·00016·496
Leicestershire6·0943 0470·0004·477
Lincolnshire3·1481·5740·0002·481
Norfolk11·3465·6732·8894·428
Northamptonshire5·6982·8490·0005·115
Northumberland2·9621·4810·0002·265

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 Yorkshire6·8883·4440·0004·909
Nottinghamshire3·8281·9140·0003·986
Oxfordshire4·9242·4620·0005·352
Shropshire3·1321-5660·0003·540
Somerset6·3123·1560·0004·486
Staffordshire5·8262·9130·0004·390
Suffolk6·3743·1870·0005·782
Surrey12·6606·3302·7466·359
Warwickshire0·9840·4920·3282·112
West Sussex9·0644·5320·0006·045
Wiltshire5·9702·9850·0004·714

London Boroughs

City of London0·2020·1010·0000·461
Barking and Dagenham3·4961·7480·0003·622
Barnet0·3220·1610·0000·571
Bexley4·2682·1340·0002·869
Brent0·0140·0070·0000·736
Bromley7·6683·8340·0004·328
Camden0·3780·1890·0001·095
Croydon1·7760·8880·0001·890
Ealing4·8582·4291·7103·592
Enfield9·7624·8816·4800·429
Greenwich0·0380·0190·0001·149
Hackney0·3720·1860·0000·791
Hammersmith and Fulham0·2960·1480·0001·303
Haringey5·4422·7212·7800·661
Harrow6·4283·2140·0005·668
Havering0·4300·2150·0000·568
Hillingdon5·4842·7424·9172·297
Hounslow0·5580·2790·2790·540
Islington0·3360·1680·0000·549
Kensington and Chelsea0·5700·2850·0000·694
Kingston upon Thames1·1320·5660·0001·881
Lambeth0·3080·1540·0000·280
Lewisham3·9741·9870·0003·081
Merton14·2007·1001·1507·282
Newham3·5821·7910·0002·869
Redbridge0·2680·1340·0000·598
Richmond upon Thames0·3440·1720·0000·633
Southwark0·4980·2490·0001·701
Sutton1·1800·5900·0003·168
Tower Hamlets0·1820·0910·0001·007
Waltham Forest0·1120·0560·0000·726
Wandsworth2·0221·0110·0003·429
Westminster0·7340·3670·0004·589