§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the estimated figures for road expenditure for 1968–69, 1969–70 and 1970–71 on the same basis as in Table 2 of Appendix 2 of his Department's recent Report entitled Roads in England.
§ Mr. RossEstimated expenditure in 1968–69 is as follows:
From Central Funds From Local Authority Funds Total New Construction and Improvement (£m) (£m) (£m) Trunk 17.4 — 17.4 Principal 11.9 4.6 16.5 Non-Principal 2.0 2.8 4.8 31.3 7.4 38.7 Maintenance Trunk 3.0 — 3.0 Principal 0.5 6.1 6.6 Non-Principal 0.4 14.3 14.7 3.9 20.4 24.3 Combined total 35.2 27.8 63.0 Detailed figures for 1969–70 will not be available until the Civil Estimates are published; but for comparison the total estimate is likely to be about £64 million. At this stage it is not possible to give a reliable figure for 1970–71.