HC Deb 31 January 1979 vol 961 cc470-2W
Mr. Grist

asked the Secretary of Sate for Wales if he will provide an adjusted version of table 2.6 of the public expenditure White paper to show expenditure for Wales only.

Mr. Barry Jones

The information is as follows:

Nearest £ million at 1978 survey prices
1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83
Motorways and Trunk Roads:
New construction and improvement … … 35 27 60 67 46 48 52 58 60 60
Maintenance … … … … … 10 8 9 9 8 9 8 9 9 9
Total … … … … … 45 35 69 76 54 57 60 67 69 69
Local transport:
Capital
Roads—new construction and improvement … … … … … 32 36 31 31 25 26 32 28 28 28
Car parks … … … … … 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Public transport investment … … 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Current
Roads—maintenance … … … 46 42 38 36 38 38 34 34 34 34
Car parks … … … … … 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Road safety etc. … … … … 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Local authority administration … … 10 12 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10
Passenger transport subsidies:
British Rail … … … … 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bus, underground and ferry services 1 2 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Concessionary fares … … … 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Total … … … … … 92 97 89 90 85 87 90 84 84 84