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Dept for Transport

Answer

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money has been spent on road building projects in each of the last five years; and if he will use funds allocated to future schemes to encourage rail travel instead. [155887] Mr. Jamieson: The expenditure on road building projects in England in the last five years is set out in the following table: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Outturn Forecast outturn 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Highways agency1 318 300 427 491 413 Local authorities outside -- -- 94 118 104 London2 London (TfL)3 -- -- 23 17 10 Total 318 300 544 626 527 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Highways Agency expenditure is that on major road schemes costing over £5 million. It also includes spend on trunk roads in London until July 2000. 2 Local Authority spend is the value of Credit Approvals issued to support major local road schemes over £5 million. The Department does not hold figures for road building projects prior to the year 2001 when its database was set up. 3 London spend is Transport for London's expenditure on major road schemes over £5 million. TfL has been responsible for road improvements in London since July 2000 Notes: 1. Road building projects outside of England are the responsibility of the devolved administrations. 2. All figures are rounded to the nearest million. The 10 Year Plan for Transport provided for a balance of investment between roads, public transport and railways. Future spending is being reviewed as part of Spending Review 2004. In respect of switching funds from road to rail, we would consider this following the outcome of SR2004 and the rail review.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

418 c1640W;418 c1642W; 155887

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Construction Expenditure Railways Travel Roads

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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