§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table indicating the level of expenditure by each local authority in Scotland on principal roads, for each
£ thousand New construction and improvement Maintenance Total 1975–76— Borders … … 1,747 333 2,080 Central … … 2,051 563 2,614 Dumfries and Galloway … … 1,567 657 2,224 Fife … … 206 380 586 Grampian … … 1,518 694 2,212 Highland … … 12,649 1,322 13,971 Lothian … … 504 265 769 Strathclyde … … 5,847 3,026 8,873 Tayside … … 16,590 740 17 330 Unallocated … … 23 — 23 Scotland … … 42,702 7,980 50,682 1976–77— Borders … … 1,090 439 1,529 Central … … 539 518 1,057 Dumfries and Galloway … … 661 1,595 2,256 Fife … … 89 355 444 Grampian … … 2,016 853 2,869 Highland … … 12,601 1,892 14,493 Lothian … … 1,048 437 1,485 Strathclyde … … 3 547 3,243 6,790 Tayside … … 22,158 1,285 23,443 Unallocated … … 101 — 101 Scotland … … 43,850 10,617 54,467 1977–78 (to 9th March 1978)— Borders … … 702 555 1,257 Central … … 3,929 730 4,659 Dumfries and Galloway … … 2,541 1,300 3,841 Fife … … 39 356 395 Grampian … … 1,992 913 2,905 Highland … … 13,406 2,118 15,524 Lothian … … 1,192 575 1,767 Strathclyde … … 5,717 3,952 9,669 Tayside … … 23,672 977 24,649 Unallocated … … 168 — 168 Scotland … … 53,358 11,476 64,834