§ Mr. Urwinasked the Minister of Transport if he will state, for the year ended 31st March, 1964 and the year ended 31st December, 1964, respectively, in respect of development districts in the North-East, the number of applications for grants for the improvement of basic services under Section 7 of the Local Employment Act 1960, and the number of those approved; what was the total cost; how many applications were rejected; and how many remain under consideration.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe following applications from North-Eastern development districts were made for grants under the 57W Local Employment Act for services within my responsibility:
Year ended Year ended 31st March, 1964 31st December, 1964 7 5 One application was received during the overlap period from January to March, 1964 and appears in both totals. Of the total of 11 applications, 10 related to road works. Of these four were approved, the total cost of which was £82,505; two applications were rejected, and four are under consideration. The remaining application related to a port scheme and was rejected.
Item No. Contract Tender Sum Contract date of completion (1) (2) (3) (4) £ 1. Heads of the Valleys Road Section II (Hirwaun-Dowlais Top) 3,131,850 Dec. 1964 2. Severn Bridge Contract No. 2 (Superstructure) 6,057,500 Feb. 1967 3. Chiswick- Langley Special Road: Contract No. 2 (Chiswick-Langley Viaduct). 4,984,900 Feb. 1965 4. Newport By-Pass: ContractNo.1. (River Usk Bridge and Crindau Tunnels). 1,506,100 May 1965 5. Birmingham-Preston Motorway, Broughton-Hampson Green 9,542,724 Feb. 1965 6. London-Yorkshire Motorway. Lutterworth-Whetstone (LY/CF). 3,694,333 Dec. 1964 7. Islip Turn to Waterstock Cross Roads 975,948 Oct. 1964 8. Stonebridge Castle-Bromwich Pt. I-Stonebridge Junction to Denbigh Corner. 425,975 Dec. 1964 Opened to traffic Sept. 1964 9. London-Yorkshire Motorway: Contract LY/CG 4,261,849 Jan. 1965 10. London-Yorkshire Motorway: Contract LY/CH 3,269,694 Nov. 1964 11. Exeter-Leeds Trunk Road. Improvementat Gossington Bridge to Cambridge and Hill House Farm, Cambridge. 108,488 Oct. 1964 12. Chiswick Langley Special Road: Contract No. 3: Boston Manor to London Airport. 6,361,925 Feb. 1965 13. Chiswick Langley Special Road: Contract No.4: (Airport Link Interchange to Langley). 3,252,185 Jan. 1965 14. London-Fishguard Trunk Road: Alconbury By-pass 1,159,027 Dec. 1964 15. Reconstruction of Bridge over the River Ouse at St. Neots 227,683 Mar. 1965 16. Nottingham-Stoke-on-Trent Trunk Road. Sandiacre and Stapleford By-passes. 1,616,789 Feb. 1965 Opened to traffic 21 Dec. 1964 17. Darlington By-pass 5,230,849 Apr. 1965 18. London-Edinburgh-Thurso Trunk Road. Aberford-Wetherby 2,495,616 June 1965 19. Dolgelly- South of Birkenhead Trunk Road. Queensferry-Aston- Ewloe Improvement. 432,431 June 1965 20. Port Talbot By-pass Contract 2B: Baglan Roundabout to Groes 3,384,997 Mar. 1966 21. Newport-Shrewsbury Trunk Road. Croesyceiliog By-pass 307,583 Dec. 1964 22. Severn Bridge Contract No. 3-Wye Viaduct 1,864,534 Jan. 1966 23. Wansford North By-pass 249,885 Jan. 1965 24. London-Yorkshire Motorway. Contract LY/CL. Trent Bridge Structures. 1,069,956 May 1965 25. Liverpool-Skegness Trunk Road. Improvement at Woodhouse Mill Railway Bridge. 162,713 Dec. 1964 26. Leeds-Hull Trunk Road. Leeds Ring Road to Leeds City Boundary Improvement. 103,409 Nov. 1964 Opened to traffic 30 June 1964 27. Exeter-Leeds Trunk Road. Improvement between Stone and Newport(Part II). 255,822 Jan. 1965 28. London-Yorkshire Motorway. Contract LY/CJ 3,857,000 July 1965 29. London-Yorkshire Motorway. Contract LY/CK 2,684,000 July 1965 30. Midland Motorway Link. Lydiate Ash-Quinton 4,343,547 Nov. 1965 31. Midland Motorway Link. Contract MC/C3 320,880 Oct. 1964