§ 54 and 55. Mr. J. Hallasked the Minister of Transport (1) what was the expenditure on the maintenance, improvement and construction of roads and bridges for the year 1937–38; and how much of this was provided by the Road Fund and the local authorities, respectively;
(2) what proportion of the expenditure on the maintenance, improvement and construction of roads and bridges for the year 1937–38 was in respect of new construction?
§ Mr. BurginThe total expenditure in 1937–38 for highway purposes, including trunk roads but excluding expenditure recoverable from public utility undertakers, etc., is estimated to amount to approximately £59,000,000, of which about £40,000,000 was provided by local highway authorities and £19,000,000 by
| Year ended 31st March. | Grants made. | Loan Charge Grants. | |||
| Glamorgan. | Monmouth. | Glamorgan. | Monmouth. | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| 1935 | … | 179,332 | 56,785 | 4,431 | 546 |
| 1936 | … | 238,349 | 61,169 | 3,458 | 182 |
| 1937 | … | 301,303 | 131,072 | 2,191 | — |
| 1938 | … | 283,899 | 63,597 | 995 | — |
| 1st April 1938, to 31st January, 1939 | … | 209,108 | 114,981 | 925 | — |
| Totals | … | 1,211,991 | 427,604 | 12,000 | 728 |