§ 55. Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will make a statement showing the mileages of road for which each county council highway authority is responsible; the costs of schemes submitted for grant approval in 1956–57; and the amounts approved.
§ Mr. NugentThe answer to parts one and three of the Question is given below. The figures for the second part of the Question are not readily available, and, as my right hon. Friend said in answer to a similar Question on 24th July by the hon. Member for Bristol. Central (Mr. Awbery), they would in any case be of little significance.
186WThe table shows the mileage of classified roads in the area of each county council highway authority and the costs of schemes approved for grant in 1956–57.
— Miles Cost of major improvement schemes approved for grant £ Anglesey 373 44,251 Bedford 584 29,539 Berkshire 907 55,855 Brecon 549 29,125 Buckinghamshire 894 357,964 Caernarvon 602 45,430 Cambridgeshire 445 167,682 Cardigan 813 27,216 Carmarthen 1,128 58,659 Cheshire 1,275 809,248 Cornwall 2,152 132,147 Cumberland 1,252 101,856 Denbigh 1,017 47,424 Derby 1,378 142,035 Devon 3,586 109,192 Dorset 1,115 49,440 Durham 1,103 329,743 Isle of Ely 377 12,851 Essex 1,857 273,836 Flint 425 60,720 Glamorgan 821 184,358 Gloucestershire 1,623 71,939 Hampshire 1,898 515,417 Hereford 1,039 39,697 Hertford 796 339,017 Huntingdonshire 360 48,649 Kent 2,003 345,296 Lancashire 2,043 3,450,632 Leicester 1,022 101,206 Lincs. (Holland) 585 20,000 Lincs. (Kesteven) 843 39,560 Lincs. (Parts of Lindsey) 1,643 87,696 Merioneth 453 8,700 Middlesex 552 689,551 Monmouth 629 145,483 Montgomery 769 35,100 Norfolk 2,614 82,766 Northampton 908 139,965 Northumberland 1,573 142,244 Nottingham 849 162,709 Oxford 870 324,621 Pembroke 827 10,420 Soke of Peterborough 92 31,990 Radnor 463 25,112 Rutland 161 8,900 Shropshire 1,746 73,412 Somerset 2,400 89,401 Staffordshire 1,456 243,692 Suffolk—West 696 34,955 Suffolk—East 1,097 103,195 Surrey 1,041 199,933 Sussex—East 970 49,309 Sussex—West 751 58,336 Warwickshire 1,050 191,392 Westmorland 572 32,353 Isle of Wight 239 10,260 Wiltshire 1,573 118,769 Worcestershire 1,097 177,584 Yorks (East Riding) 1,090 24,850 Yorks (North Riding) 1,703 225,181 Yorks (West Riding) 2,317 324,015