§ Mr. GILBERTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport if he will give the list and amounts his Department has granted to London and Greater London road authorities for the purposes of helping unemployment during the last 12 months; and state if any further applications are under consideration?
§ Mr. NEALDuring the past 12 months, grants to the amount of £2,281,321 have been made from the Road Fund towards the cost of important works of road construction or improvement in the Metropolitan area with a view to providing useful work for the unemployed. I am forwarding to my hon. Friend a detailed list of the grants in question. Local authorities were recently invited to submit particulars of further schemes which could be taken in hand during the coming winter. A number of proposals have been received from highway authorities in the area of Greater London, and these are now under consideration. The works and the grants referred to in this answer are additional to the ordinary programmes of highway authorities for road maintenance and improvement.