38. Major Lloydasked the Minister of Transport the total number of statistical returns required by his Department from all local highway authorities; and what are the subjects covered by these returns.
Mr. BraithwaiteThree statistical returns are requested of all local highway authorities. They relate to annual expenditure on highways and bridges; to numbers of men employed on highway work; and to mileages of public roads and streets. In addition, special arrangements have been made to obtain through associations of local authorities returns of estimated expenditure in 1951–52 and 1952–53 on unclassified roads and on classified roads which are maintained without assistance from the Road Fund.