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Roads (Expenditure)

Volume 205: debated on Tuesday 3 March 1992

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the total of revenue expenditure on (a) trunk roads and (b) all other roads in (i) Greater London and (ii) England for each year from 1980–81 to 1990–91.

[holding answer 28 February 1992]: Total current expenditure by central Government and local authorities in £ million was as follows:

(i) Greater London
£ million
Trunk Roads (including Motorways):
1980–81n.a.
1981–82n.a.
1982–838·3
1983–846·4
1984–855·6
1985–866·8
1986–8712·0
1987–8813·4
1988–8914·9
1989–9016·9
1990–9117·6
All Other Roads:
1980–81n.a.
1981–82n.a.
1982–8360·8
1983–8463·0
1984–8574·1
1985–8670·7
1986–8779·0
1987–8878·1
1988–8994·7
1989–90101·5
1990–91n.a.
(ii) England
Year£ million
Trunk Roads (including Motorways):
1980–8150
1981–8269
1982–8360
1983–8464
1984–8578
1985–8677
1986–8793
1987–8884
1988–89102

Year

£ million

1989–90105
1990–91121

All Other Roads:

1980–81894
1981–821,012
1982–831,037
1983–841,084
1984–851,124
1985–861,191
1986–871,248
1987–881,319
1988–891,302
1989–901,592
1990–911,592

The figures are from "Transport Statistics Great Britain", an annual publication, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.

Figures for Greater London were not held prior to 1982–83. The figure for all London boroughs' expenditure on other roads for 1990–91 is not yet available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the total of capital investment in (a) trunk roads and (b) all other roads in (i) Greater London and (ii) England for each year from 1980–81 to 1990–91.

[holding answer 28 February 1992]: Total capital investment by central Government and local authorities in £ millions was as follows:

(i) Greater London
Year£ million
Trunk Roads (including Motorways):
1980–81N/A
1981–82N/A
1982–8330·4
1983–8422·6
1984–8522·1
1985–8659·6
1986–8792·2
1987–8897·2
1988–8973·9
1989–90135·7
1990–91166·1
All Other Roads
1980–81N/A
1981–82N/A
1982–83139·5
1983–84150·0
1984–85147·1
1985–86175·0
1986–87174·6
1987–88166·5
1988–89198·0
1989–90263·5
1990–91N/A
(ii) England:
£ million
Trunk Roads (including Motorways):
1980–81472
1981–82557
1982–83672
1983–84641
1984–85718
1985–86734
1986–87766
1987–88872

£ million

1988–89897
1989–901,239
1990–911,689

All Other Roads:

1980–81429
1981–82375
1982–83456
1983–84503
1984–85508
1985–86604
1986–87629
1987–88652
1988–89873
1989–90854
1990–91831

The figures are from "Transport Statistics Great Britain", an annual publication, copies of which are available in the House of Commons Library.

Figures for Greater London were not held prior to 1982–83. The figure for all London boroughs' expenditure on other roads for 1990–91 is not yet available.