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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Roads: Expenditure (9 June 2014)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what public funds were spent on infrastructure improvement works on each road in the strategic road network in each of the last 10 years.

Asked by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)

Answer

Public expenditure figures for each road on the strategic road network are not available. The Highways Agency publish annual accounts which are laid before Parliament which are available from the Library of the House and from the Agency's website at: http://www.highways.gov.uk/about-us/corporate-documents/strategic-corporate-documents/annual-report-2012-2013/

Over the last ten years, total expenditure on the maintenance, management and enhancement of the strategic road network in each year was as follows:

£m

2004/05

1,598

2005/06

1,927

2006/07

2,330

2007/08

2,330

2008/09

2,416

2009/10

3,003

2010/11

2,597

2011/12

2,349

2012/13

1,897

2013/14

2,284

Table showing Highways Agency total operational DEL (departmental expenditure limits) excluding accounting items such as depreciation.


Answered by:
Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
16 June 2014

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