§ Mr. FORRESTasked the Minister of Transport the number and the nature of the road-constructional and improvement relief schemes in connection with which grants have been authorised, but on which work has not yet begun, and the date of the authorisation of the grant in each instance?
§ Lieut.-Colonel ASHLEYI am sending the hon. Member a list of 42 schemes of road construction and improvement which have been formally approved for grants out of the moneys set aside from the Road Fund for the assistance of works specially initiated for the relief of unemployment, and which, so far as the information in my Department goes, have not 1183W yet been started. I am unable to supply similar information with regard to bridge works without making detailed inquiries into a large number of cases, the reason being that while a time limit is fixed for the commencement of the work in the case of these grants to road works, it is from the nature of the case impossible to fix a definite time limit for the commencement of bridge works, and complete information with regard to the latter is therefore not available in the Department.
Date. Great Britain. North Eastern Area. Newcastle-on-Tyne, Elswick and Heaton. 3rd August, 1925 … … … 1,260,407 320,874 17,379 7th September, 1925 … … … 1,345,455 333,847 17,922 5th October, 1925 … … … 1,297,628 309,949 16,726 2nd November, 1925 … … … 1,207,612 279,376 16,311