§ Sir R. BIRDasked the Minister of Transport the amount of the estimated expenditure from the Road Fund during the current financial year in respect of payments towards cost of maintenance and improvement work on Class 1 and 2 roads; payments towards cost of maintenance and improvement work on unclassified roads; payments towards commitments on road works for the relief of unemployment; payments towards commitments for new or other improvement schemes; and any other payments towards the cost of highways or bridges?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe sums allocated from the Road Fund to the different purposes indicated in the question have not yet been finally determined.
§ Sir R. BIRDasked the Minister of Transport the position of the Road Fund as at the 31st March last, after allowing for the transference of £12,000,000, in accordance with the Budget Resolutions?
§ Viscount CURZONI have been asked to reply. It is not quite clear what information my hon. Friend requires, but the terms of the Budget Resolution show that the proposal is to transfer a sum equal to the total of the cash balance and investments of the Road Fund as they stood at the 31st of March last.