Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

Mr. Redwood
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on highway maintenance and improvement in each year since 1997-98.

Ms Rosie Winterton
Expenditure data on highways in England are provided in table 8.2 of the National Road Maintenance Condition Survey (NRMCS) report for 2006, published in May 2007 and available in the Library of the House. The figures distinguish between structural and routine maintenance rather than between maintenance and improvement.