§ 54. Mr. CHARLES WILLIAMSasked the Minister of Transport if he will state how many grants were allowed by the Ministry in 1930 for road improvements under schemes submitted by county authorities; and what was the total value of these grants?
§ The MINISTER of TRANSPORT (Mr. Herbert Morrison)This information could only be obtained at a considerable expenditure of time. I hope, therefore, that the hon. Member will not press for if, but he will find a considerable amount of information concerning grants made from the Road Fund during the financial year 1929–30 in the recently published report on the administration of the Road Fund for that year.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSCould not the right hon. Gentleman give me the total of these grants?
§ Mr. MORRISONAccounts are settled on the basis of the financial year and not the current year, and I think the hon. Member will find those figures in the returns to which I refer him.
§ Mr. WILLIAMSIf I put down a question asking for the figures for the financial year, will the right hon. Gentleman be able to answer me then?
§ Mr. MORRISONIn that case, I should refer the hon. Member to the report dealing with the Road Fund, which is accessible to Members in the Library, and is put there for them to see.