§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how much was spent per mile on trunk roads in each of the Welsh counties during the last year for which figures are available; what 355W were the corresponding figures for the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Alec JonesThe information is as follows:
1973.74 County (£000s per mile) Anglesey 9.9 Brecon 5.2 Caernarvon 13.9 Cardigan 7.1 Carmarthen 10.6 Denbigh 33.7 Flint 23.9 Glamorgan 193.2 Merioneth 10.7 Monmouth 28.2 Montgomery 4.8 Pembroke 10.2 Radnor 11.2
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 (£000s per mile) Clwyd 29.2 47.0 26.2 Dyfed 15.5 18.7 13.7 Gwent 19.7 31.4 88.6 Gwynedd 17.2 19.9 15.1 Mid Glamorgan 58.6 120.5 780.0 Powys 7.8 12.9 10.3 South Glamorgan 29.0 181.0 45.6 West Glamorgan 121.2 516.8 40.3 These figures cover trunk roads and motorways and the totals for Gwent for 1975–76 and 1976–77 and for the Glamorgan Counties for the three years 1974 to 1977 thus include expenditure on the M4. All the figures also include all expenditure on new construction and improvement, maintenance and lighting, but exclude expenditure on administration.