§ Mr. LANE-FOXasked the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Road Board have made grants of £275,390, and loans of £7,500 to various local authorities up to 30th June last; whether they have also grants under consideration amounting to £400,000; whether none of this money is going to Lancashire or Yorkshire; and, if so, whether this is due to the authorities in those counties having made no application for grants, or to their having refused to make any contribution equivalent to the grant applied for?
§ Mr. HOBHOUSEGrants amounting to £35,000 have been made to the Lancashire County Council from the Road Improvement Fund. Grants amounting to £28,000 have been indicated to the local authorities of Yorkshire, but general details in connection with the proposed works are still in course of discussion with the local authorities concerned.