§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the criteria employed by his Department in determining the entitlement of disabled persons to the provision of motor cars with automatic gear change systems.
§ Mr. AlisonA disabled person eligible for a motor car may be provided with a car in the Department's range with automatic transmission if he is unable to con-
ROADS £ million 1969–70 provisional outturn 1970–71 estimate 1971–72 estimate 1972–73 estimate At 1970 Survey prices— New constructions and improvements: Major roads: Central Government* … … 216.5 265.0 257.5 276.3 Local authoritiest† … … … 144.1 156.5 171.8 196.8 Other roads: Local authorities‡ … … … 46.9 43.1 44.2 46.9 Other expenditure (including lighting): Central government … … … 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.7 Local authorities … … … 21.1 21.4 23.6 25.4 Total … … … … 429.4 486.8 498.4 547.1 Maintenance: Major roads: Central government* … … 20.9 23.6 25.6 29.0 Local authoritiest† … … … 33.9 40.3 44.6 47.6 Other roads: Local authorities‡ … … … 104.2 116.6 122.9 131.5 Other expenditure (including lighting): Central government … … 3.4 4.0 5.0 6.4 Local authorities … … … 20.0 17.9 17.6 17.1 Total … … … … 182.4 202.4 215.7 231.6 * Trunk roads including Motorways. † Principal Roads. ‡Other Roads. No breakdown is given for the years 1973–74 and 1974–75 because the precise allocations have not been fully worked out. In particular, estimates of local authorities expenditure are imprecise for the reasons given in paragraph 25 of Cmnd. 4578.
486Wtrol one with a manual gear change and foot controls converted to hand operation.