§ 109. Sir W. Wakefieldasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to state the number and value of road improvement schemes that have been, or will be, actually started during the current financial year; and the estimated amount that will have been spent upon them during this financial year.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterOn trunk and classified roads only, about 4,000. Their value is about £17½ million, and some £12½ million is likely to be actually spent on them in the current financial year.
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§ 111. Mr. Stokesasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to give an approximate estimate of the cost of acquiring the land required for major improvements to, and new construction of, roads to be authorised in 1955, showing the amount per head of population in each of the 10 divisions of his Department.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterNo. I am afraid the information which would be required to make a sensible estimate is not available.