§ Mr. FENBYasked the Minister of Transport the total mileage of roads and the estimated number of persons per mile of road in each administrative county of England and Wales outside London?
§ Colonel ASHLEYThe table which follows shows the mileage of public highways and the number of persons per mile of public highways in each of the administrative counties of England and Wales (excluding London):
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Administrative County. Mileage of all roads on 31st March, 1927. Population (1921 Census). Number of Persons per mile of road. Anglesey 736 51,695 70 Bedford 1,037 206,478 199 Berkshire 1,719 202,533 118 Brecon 1,145 61,257 54 Buckingham 1,818 236,209 130 Cambridge 848 129,594 153 Cardigan 1,397 61,292 44 Carmarthen 2,272 175,069 77 Carnarvon 1,293 131,034 101 Cheshire 2,809 625,001 223 Cornwall 4,391 320,559 73 Cumberland 2,564 220,437 86 Denbigh 1,923 154,847 81 Derby 2,793 584,703 209 Devon 7,770 440,023 57 Dorset 2,325 228,258 98 Durham 2,227 943,670 424 Ely, Isle of 614 73,778 120 Essex 3,812 918,111 241 Flint 999 106,466 107 Glamorgan 1,812 814,717 450 Gloucester 3,534 329,277 93 Hereford 2,014 113,118 56 Hertford 1,719 333,236 194 Huntingdon 566 54,748 97 Kent 4,862 1,118,129 230 Lancashire 4,547 1,746,418 384 Leicester 2,092 260,332 124 Lines. (Holland) 1,264 85,225 67 Lines, (Kesteven) 1,531 108,237 71 Lines. (Lindsey) 3,358 260,294 78 Merioneth 950 45,450 48 Middlesex 1,289 1,253,164 972 Monmouth 1,653 358,331 217 Montgomery 1,610 51,317 32 Norfolk 5,356 322,914 60 Northampton 1,855 211,507 114 Northumberland 3,139 407,397 130 Nottingham 1,904 378,476 199 Oxford 1,669 132,506 79 Pembroke 1,547 92,056 60 Peterboro', Soke of. 211 46,954 223 Radnor 1,036 23,528 23 Rutland 315 18,368 58 Salop 3,454 242,959 70
Administrative County. Mileage of all roads on 31st March 1927. Population (1921 Census). Number of Persons per mile of road. Somerset … 4,675 397,034 85 Southampton … 3,910 410,223 105 Stafford … 3,554 711,003 201 Suffolk (East) … 2,436 211,623 87 Suffolk (West) … 1,308 108,982 83 Surrey … 2,282 739,500 324 Sussex (East) … 1,727 261,253 151 Sussex (West) … 1,371 195,795 143 Warwick … 2,356 342,449 145 Westmorland … 1,157 65,740 57 Wight, Isle of … 412 94,697 230 Wiltshire … 3,375 292,213 87 Worcester … 2,159 301,120 139 Yorks (E.R.) … 2,274 173,704 76 Yorks (N.R.) … 3,648 325,209 89 Yorks (W.R.) … 5,794 1,508,610 260