§ Mr. HOAREasked the Secretary to the Treasury what is the total amount of Grants that the Road Board has actually 232W made to local authorities up to 1st. January, 1913; and how much of this sum was given to each of the following authorities; county councils, metropolitan boroughs, county boroughs, urban district councils, and rural district councils?
§ Mr. MASTERMANThe following table shows the amount of Grants formally made by the Road Board to highway authorities in England and Wales up to 31st December, 1912, and 30th June, 1913:—
— Up to 31st December 1912 Up to 30th june,1913 England and Wales. £ £ Metropolitan boroughs 3,734 43,012 County boroughs — 53,015 Non-County boroughs 390 3,590 County councils 692,258 961,478 Urban districts 900 5,900 Rural districts 337 337 £697,619 1,067,332 Scotland. country councils 112,431. 167,771 Burghs 3,750 5,142 £116,181 172,913 Ireland. County councils 79,792 94,403 Grand total £893,592 1,334,648