§ Mr. Geraint Howellsasked the Secretary of State for Wales on which major trunk road schemes work is expected to start in 1981–82; what is the total cost of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on trunk road policy in Wales.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsThe information, for trunk road schemes costing over £1 million is as follows:
Increase in new pence 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 January — 29 19 43 11 29 57 17 February — 19 19 17 11 17 34 24 March — 24 8 17 12 17 33 — April 34 47 28 44 27 35 84 — May 15 53 17 14 11 17 23 — June 11 25 8 18 15 36 24 — July 10 14 3 2 9 92 21 — August 1 8 20 9 13 17 6 — September 12 12 20 10 8 22 17 — October 22 20 28 8 9 23 17 — November 19 17 22 9 14 20 21 — December 17 18 21 10 17 17 15 — All figures have been rounded to the nearest 1p. The cumulative increase between March 1974 and February 1981 amounts to £17.27. Due to rounding there is a small difference between this and the sum of the monthly increases given in the table.