§ 39 and 40. Captain STRICKLANDasked the Minister of Transport (1) whether the tables he is preparing 1756 showing the progress made in the submission and approval of schemes under the five-year road programme,, will state the several works in the scheme of each highway authority with the estimated cost of the work, the amount or percentage of the Road Fund grant in respect of the same, the date of commencement of the work, and the estimated payment in respect of each grant which will be required during the current financial year;
(2) when he will have ready for circulation the tables which he is preparing showing the progress made in the submission and approval of schemes under the five-year road programme?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAThe additional information which I promised may be summarised as follows:
- Number of authorities who have submitted complete or partial five-year programme, 526.
- Estimated cost of schemes included in the programmes, £139,548,000.
- Estimated cost of schemes approved for grant in 1935–36 and to date, £33,520,000, in respect of which the estimated Road Fund contribution is £20,118,000.
§ Captain STRICKLANDWill my right hon. Friend consider giving a more detailed account of the progress of each individual scheme of any importance and size, and will he also intimate when the report which he promised the House wilt be ready?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAAs my hon. and gallant Friend knows. I am only too ready to give him any detailed information, but to obtain the information he desires would, I am informed, require the services of a number of clerks for two months, and the information would not be of any general value. But if there is any particular aspect of the plan in which my hon. and gallant Friend is interested, and he will communicate with me, I will see that he receives full particulars. The answer to the second part of his question is that this is the table to which I referred.