§ 18 Mr. B. SMITH(onth May, 1927) asked the Minister of Transport whether he will state in detail the items of the commitments of the Road Fund which are mentioned in paragraph 3 of the last Road Fund Report under the several sums of £9,980,000, £10,945,000, £1,852,000, and £2,453,000; will he state what amounts had been paid on account of each 1667W of such items in the year ending 31st March, 1927; and what amounts he estimates will be spent on each item in the year ending 31st March, 1928?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe commitments to which the hon. Member refers relate to many hundreds of grants which I cannot specify in detail.
It is, moreover, not possible to estimate with accuracy the rate of expenditure
—— Outstanding on 31st March, 1926. Amount of (2) still outstanding on 31st March, 1927. Estimated further payments during 1927–28. £ £ £ Unemployment Works 20,927,000 15,785,000 4,671,000 Commitments on improvement grants for rural roads. 1,852,000 738,000 350,000 Commitments on grants to other improvement works. 2,453,000 1,493,000 686,000