Roads (Hansard, 18 May 1989)

§ Mrs. Margaret Ewing
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total percentages of the Scottish Development Department's road budget which were allocated to the following roads in each of the past five years: (a) A/M74, (b) A77, (c) A9, (d) A92 and (e) A96.

§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 16 May 1989]: The information is given in the following table:

Expenditure as Percentage of Total Spend on Trunk Roads

Financial Year/Route A/M74 A77 A9 A92 A96

1984–85 12.6 2.2 17.9 11.5 1.6

1985–86 19.2 1.9 18.3 7.1 1.4

1986–87 13.6 1.7 18.0 4.4 2.4

1987–88 13.6 2.4 15.1 5.0 7.3

1988–87' 9.9 2.0 9.9 12.9 4.8

¹ Estimate.

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§ Mr. Cope
The numbers of young people in training on YTS who were notified to the Training Agency as having contracts of employment as at 31 December 1987 and 31 December 1988 by region were as follows:

Expenditure as Percentage of Total Spend on Trunk Roads
Financial Year/Route	A/M74	A77	A9	A92	A96
1984–85	12.6	2.2	17.9	11.5	1.6
1985–86	19.2	1.9	18.3	7.1	1.4
1986–87	13.6	1.7	18.0	4.4	2.4
1987–88	13.6	2.4	15.1	5.0	7.3
1988–87'	9.9	2.0	9.9	12.9	4.8
¹ Estimate.