Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on the A38 in Devon in each year since 2010.

The funding for schemes follows fiscal year cycles and accordingly spend is defined by year 2010/11 2011/12 etc.

The historic spend figures for the A38 in Devon are as follows:

2010/11 - £2,985,863.17

2011/12 - £4,533,488.18

2012/13 - £3,999,018.54

2013/14 - £6,390,422.47

2014/15 - £20,452,939.65

2015/16 - £26,076,203.37

2016/17 - £9,129,144.01

The peak in spend between 2014-2016 reflects the pinch point schemes which were delivered on the A38 within the Devon

In addition, annual routine maintenance such as grass cutting is funded from a separate maintenance budget and spend for this is excluded from the above figures.