§ Mr. Gowerasked the Minister of Transport what was the capital expenditure on improvements in each of the docks owned by the British Transport Docks Board since 1948; and what is the projected total expenditure in each of those docks for the next five years.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe figures for the years before 1963 are not readily available. As regards the years 1963 to 1969, the figures are:
BRITISH TRANSPORT DOCKS BOARD CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ON IMPROVEMENTS Dock Expenditure 1963 and 1964 Programmed Expenditure 1965 to 1969* £ £ Ayr 12,426 — Barrow 207,223 110,000 Barry 129,293 920,000 Burntisland 120 85,000 Burry Port — — Cardiff 197,893 2,000,000 Charlestown — — Fleetwood 143,343 600,000 Garston 139,992 550,000 Goole 145,732 1,200,000 Grangemouth 307,171 9,400,000 Grimsby 125,323 8,040,000 Immingham 285,807 Hartlepools 184,419 390,000 Hull 1,329,852 14,500,000 King's Lynn 141,272 900,000 Lowestoft 23,729 580,000 Lydney 15,523 14,000 Methil 14,652 67,000 Middlesbrough 52,870 510,000 Newport 466,479 4,000,000 Penarth 17,578 — Plymouth 86,929 95,000 Port Talbot 235,555 13,500,000 Silloth — — Southampton 1,566,217 12,100,000 Swansea 387,200 4,500,000 Tayport — — Troon 9,678 — In addition:— Estuarial dredgers for use by several docks 1,128,900 3,000,000 * The extent to which programmed expenditure will be implemented remains to be decided.