§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those trunk road schemes costing over £1 million each which have been delayed for more than one year by cuts in public expenditure, giving the estimated economic rate of return in each case.
§ Dr. GilbertThe delay to individual schemes consequent upon the reductions in the road construction programme which were announced in Cmnd. 6393 has not yet been decided.
Dr. M. S. Millerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total expenditure in the United King- 172W dom on roads, streets and motorways in each of the last three years.
§ Dr. GilbertFollowing is the information for the financial years 1972–73, 1973–74 and 1974–75. I regret that information is not yet available for 1975–76. Total United Kingdom expenditure on roads, streets and motorways:
£m. 1972–73 966 1973–74 1,139 1974–75 1,270(a) (a) Estimate