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Written Question
Roads: Infrastructure
Thursday 16th January 2025

Asked by: Mark Ferguson (Labour - Gateshead Central and Whickham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of spending on road infrastructure in (a) the North East and (b) England over the last 15 years by (i) percentage of total Departmental spend and (ii) per head.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Figures on public sector expenditure at national and regional levels are published as part of HM Treasury’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics (available here for current and previous publications: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-and-regional-analysis). In the most recent publication, figures are provided from 2019/20 to 2023/24.

The figures included below are in 2023/24 prices.

In 2023/24, capital expenditure for the Department of Transport and its partner bodies on national and local roads was £284m in the North East of England and £3,754m in England. Capital expenditure on national and local roads in the North East of England was 0.94% of total Department for Transport expenditure. Capital expenditure on national and local roads in England was 12.39% of total Department for Transport expenditure.

Department for Transport Expenditure and Capital Expenditure on national and local roads by Selected Regions, 2023/24 prices, £m (2019/20 to 2023/24)

Expenditure

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Total DfT Expenditure

25,010

35,113

32,393

30,039

30,306

Capital Expenditure in North East England: national roads and local roads

193

315

301

369

284

As a Proportion of Total DfT Expenditure

0.77%

0.90%

0.93%

1.23%

0.94%

Capital Expenditure in England: national roads and local roads

4,049

4,176

3,563

3,641

3,754

As a Proportion of Total DfT Expenditure

16.19%

11.89%

11.00%

12.12%

12.39%

Applying regional population estimates from the ONS to HMT’s Country and Regional Analysis data allows for a view of per capita spend by region. In 2023/24, capital expenditure per capita on national and local roads was £105 in the North East of England and £65 in England.

Department for Transport Capital Expenditure on national roads and local roads by Selected Regions £ per capita, 2023/24 prices, (2019/20 to 2023/24)

Region

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

North East England

73

119

114

138

105

England

72

74

63

64

65

The Government remains committed to driving prosperity across the United Kingdom, ensuring that growth is felt at both a regional and national level.


Written Question
Transport: Infrastructure
Thursday 16th January 2025

Asked by: Mark Ferguson (Labour - Gateshead Central and Whickham)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the (a) total cost to the public purse for, (b) proportion of her Department’s total expenditure that was spent on and (c) spend per head for transport infrastructure in (a) the North East and (b) England the last 15 years.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Figures on public sector expenditure at national and regional levels are published as part of HM Treasury’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics (Available here for current and previous publications: ‌https:/‌‌/​‌‌‌www.gov.‌uk/​‌‌‌‌‌government/collections/‌‌​country-and-regional-‌analysis). In the most recent publication, figures are provided from 2019/20 to 2023/24.

In 2023/24, capital expenditure from the Department for Transport and its partner bodies was £489m in the North East of England and £17,298m in England. Capital expenditure in the North East of England was 1.6% as a proportion of total Department for Transport expenditure. Capital expenditure in England was 57.1% as a proportion of total Department for Transport expenditure.

Department for Transport Expenditure by Selected Regions, 2023/24 prices, £m (2019/20 to 2023/24)

Expenditure

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

Total Expenditure

25,010

35,113

32,393

30,039

30,306

Capital Expenditure in North East England

336

480

511

549

489

As a Proportion of Total Expenditure

1.3%

1.4%

1.6%

1.8%

1.6%

Capital Expenditure in England

13,186

14,485

16,675

16,959

17,298

As a Proportion of Total Expenditure

52.7%

41.3%

51.5%

56.5%

57.1%

Applying regional population estimates from the ONS to HMT’s Country and Regional Analysis data allows for a view of per capita spend by region. In 2023/24, capital expenditure per capita from the Department for Transport was £180 in the North East of England and £300 in England.

Department for Transport Capital Expenditure by Selected Regions per capita, 2023/24 prices, £ (2019/20 to 2023/24)

Region

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

North East England

127

182

193

205

180

England

234

257

295

297

300

The Government remains committed to driving prosperity across the United Kingdom, ensuring that growth is felt at both a regional and national level.