Written question asked by Ian Liddell-Grainger (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 March 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Monday, 31 March 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on maintaining the M5 in Somerset in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Liddell-Grainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on maintaining the M5 in Somerset in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03. [105520] Mr. Jamieson: The total works and supervision cost spent on maintaining the M5 in Somerset for (a) 2001-02 was £1,649,416 and for (b) 2002-03 (to date) £4,178,450. Spend in 2002-03 is higher because a major road renewal scheme to replace a section of concrete carriageway was carried out south of Junction 26.

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