Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchisonasked the Minister of Transport what percentage of the taxation raised from the licensing and registration of motor vehicles of all types was devoted to expenditure for the construction, improvement and maintenance of trunk roads and classified roads, respectively during the year ending 31st March, 1947.
§ Mr. BarnesBy Section 33 of the Finance Act, 1936, all receipts from the taxation of motor vehicles are paid into the Exchequer and expenditure out of the Road Fund is met from moneys voted by Parliament. In the year ended 31st March, 1947, net receipts from licence duties were £49,650,774. Payments out of the Road Fund for construction, improvement and maintenance of trunk roads amounted to £7,113,248, and grants paid out of the Road Fund towards similar expenditure on classified roads amounted to £9,111,976.