§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the under-spending on motorways and trunk road construction, motorways and trunk road maintenance, local road construction, and local road maintenance for each of the years 1976–77 and 1977–78.
§ Mr. McElhoneThe details are as shown in the following table:
1976–77 1977–78 £ million £ million Motorways and trunk roads (capital) Provision 52.7 60.2 Outturn 44.5 59.0* Over/underspend -8.2 -1.2 Motorways and trunk roads (current) Provision 10.4 12.2 Outturn +11.0 +12.5* Over/underspend +0.6 +0.3 Local authority roads (capital) Provision 53.4 53.5 Outturn 49.5 45.5* Over/underspend -3.9 -8.0 Local authority maintenance Provision 58.4 68.0 Outturn 62.7 N.A. Over/underspend +4.3 * Estimate.