§ Mr. Juddasked the Minister of Transport whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the value of road building projects within Portsmouth approved in each of the past nine years and the estimated value of approved expenditure in 1969–70, 1970–71 and 1971–72.
Mr. Bob BrownAs my hon. Friend was told on 16th June, 1969, the value of road building projects within Portsmouth in each of the past four years was:
£ 1965–66 … … … 115,730 1966–67 … … … 386,212 1967–68 … … … 3,651,162 1968–69 … … … 282,320 I regret that similar information for the previous five years is not readily available.
The estimated cost of schemes for which expenditure has been approved in 1969–70 to date is £328,750.
The estimated cost of schemes firmly programmed and likely to come forward for financial approval in the remainder of 1969/70 and in 1970–71 and 1971–72 is £615,250, £5,109,300 and £4,260,000 respectively.—[Vol. 785, c. 20.]