§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Transport whether he will state the amount of grant to highway authorities for road maintenance, improvement and new construction for each county of England, Scotland and Wales, for the year 1952–53 together with the estimated grant to such counties for the year 1953–54.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe desired information so far as practicable is given below. It is not possible so early in the financial year to give satisfactory estimates of grants to be made for major improvements and new construction. The figures for such grants relating to 1952–53 are for the total cost of the schemes, which may be spread over several years.
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MAINTENANCE AND MINOR IMPROVEMENT — 1952–53 1953–54 £ £ Counties (England): Bedfordshire 155,100 150,500 Berkshire 194,500 189,000 Buckinghamshire 288,000 266,000 Cambridgeshire 135,500 129,000 Cheshire 550,001 507,500 Cornwall 351,100 336,000 Cumberland 159,550 156,000 Derbyshire 389,945 375,000 Devonshire 497,655 496,000 Dorsetshire 237,848 231,000 Durham 495,099 440,000 Essex 537,501 512,550 Gloucestershire 349,005 340,000 Herefordshire 182,000 186,000 Hertfordshire 252,000 245,000 Huntingdonshire 109,500 109,000 Isle of Ely 98,000 97,500 Isle of Wight 83,053 80,000 Kent 442,000 458,450 Lancashire 912,000 841,000 Leicestershire 250,000 250,000 Lincolnshire (Holland) 89,000 85,000 Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 143,000 131,000 Lincolnshire (Lindsey) 261,000 260,000 Middlesex 600,000 549,000 Monmouthshire 180,000 170,000 Norfolk 373,000 364,500 Northamptonshire 214,000 202,500 Northumberland 283,113 267,850 Nottinghamshire 282,200 260,000 Oxfordshire 205,000 205,000 Peterborough, Soke of 22,000 18,000 Rutlandshire 34,512 30,500 Shropshire 311,362 304,000 Somersetshire 431,240 453,000
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— 1952–53 1953–54 Estimated £ £ Southampton 465,000 465,000 Staffordshire 375,000 368,000 Suffolk (East) 154,000 153,500 Suffolk (West) 159,788 160,000 Surrey 559,999 510,000 Sussex (East) 273,036 272,000 Sussex (West) 214,964 214,000 Warwickshire 297,000 284,000 Westmorland 77,449 77,500 Wiltshire 352,000 354,000 Worcestershire 338,500 332,000 Yorkshire (East Riding) 180,000 172,000 Yorkshire (North Riding) 261,078 255,000 Yorkshire (West Riding) 893,381 824,000 Counties (Wales): Anglesey 46,996 47,000 Breconshire 63,837 59,500 Caernarvonshire 115,998 110,000 Cardiganshire 96,000 89,500 Carmarthenshire 184,750 175,500 Denbighshire 125,198 118,000 Flintshire 123,000 116,000 Glamorganshire 338,039 319,000 Merionethshire 69,938 65,000 Montgomeryshire 100,000 95,000 Pembrokeshire 98,000 92,500 Radnorshire 59,259 56,000 Counties (Scotland): Aberdeen 164,000 160,000 Angus 94,415 92,000 Argyll 108,000 96,000 Ayr 136,480 130,000 Banff 47,500 46,000 Berwick 41,300 39,000 Bute 24,058 26,500 Caithness 25,750 22,000 Clackmannan 14,500 14,000 Dumbarton 60,000 60,000 Dumfries 84,813 79,000 East Lothian 42,000 39,000 Fife 89,500 87,000 Inverness 145,000 130,000 Kincardine 38,600 37,000 Kirkcudbright 57,250 54,000 Lanark 148,756 141,000 Midlothian 62,250 58,000 Moray and Nairn 57,950 50,000 Orkney 24,000 22,000 Peebles 26,262 22,000 Perth and Kinross 155,400 150,000 Renfrew 52,700 50,000 Ross and Cromarty 99,970 95,000 Roxburgh 41,950 38,500 Selkirk 16,000 15,000 Stirling 66,000 66,000 Sutherland 66,046 61,000 West Lothian 60,000 54,000 Wigtown 50,250 45,000 Zetland 53,300 50,000
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IMPROVEMENTS, NEW CONSTRUCTION, ETC. Counties (England) 1952/53 £ Bedfordshire 19,731 Berkshire 25,036 Buckinghamshire 48,870 Cambridgeshire 34,885 Cheshire 6,103 Cornwall 14,163 Cumberland 3,686 Derbyshire 48,649 Devonshire 22,049 Dorsetshire 18,163 Durham 57,214 Essex 63,046 Gloucestershire 72,716 Herefordshire 15,345 Hertfordshire 65,150 Huntingdonshire 1,090 Isle of Ely 2,031 Isle of Wight 4,282 Kent 69,308 Lancashire 37,244 Leicestershire 16,011 Lincolnshire (Holland) 6,720 Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 2,842 Lincolnshire (Lindsey) 25,383 Middlesex 70,712 Monmouthshire 40,697 Norfolk 37,537 Northamptonshire 5,687 Northumberland 16,456 Nottinghamshire 26,815 Oxfordshire 22,014 Peterborough, Soke of — Rutlandshire 6,667 Shropshire 6,871 Somersetshire 10,545 Southampton 24,123 Staffordshire 48,101 Suffolk (East) 12,047 Suffolk (West) 23,224 Surrey 80,839 Sussex (East) 12,275 Sussex (West) 5,825 Warwickshire 13,946 Westmorland — Wiltshire 19,690 Worcestershire 12,167 Yorkshire (East Riding) 6,223 Yorkshire (North Riding) 18,569 Yorkshire (West Riding) 29,283 Counties (Wales) Anglesey 3,000 Breconshire 10,148 Caernarvonshire 5,470 Cardiganshire 6,735 Carmarthenshire 18,428 Denbighshire 12,735 Flintshire 36,106 55W
1952/53 £ Glamorganshire 67,783 Merionethshire 7,532 Montgomeryshire 62 Pembrokeshire 10,983 Radnorshire 7,248 Counties (Scotland) Aberdeen 3,544 Angus — Argyll 9,570 Ayr 1,765 Banff 3,446 Berwick 3,707 Bute — Caithness — Clackmannan 3,030 Dumbarton — Dumfries 5,370 East Lothian 5,402 Fife 37,187 Inverness 7,649 Kincardine — Kirkcudbright 131 Lanark 259,485 Midlothian 19,134 Moray and Nairn 300 Orkney — Peebles — Perth and Kinross 13,932 Renfrew 1,500 Ross and Cromarty 2,763 Roxburgh — Selkirk — Stirling 11,965 Sutherland 610 West Lothian — Wigtown — Zetland 1,957 County Boroughs (England) Barnsley — Barrow-in-Furness — Bath — Birkenhead 1,534 Birmingham 2,601 Blackburn — Blackpool 915 Bolton 1,188 Bootle 810 Bournemouth 1,500 Bradford 5,204 Brighton 5,453 Bristol 33 Burnley 1,647 Burton-on-Trent — Bury 4,047 Canterbury 35,450 Carlisle 1,117 Chester 2,225 Coventry 143 Croydon 20,435 Darlington 10,802
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1952/53 £ Derby … — Dewsbury … — Doncaster … 1,896 Dudley … 3,735 Eastbourne … 1,240 East Ham … 600 Exeter … 584 Gateshead … 800 Gloucester … — Great Yarmouth … 5,906 Grimsby … 3,746 Halifax … 3,083 Hastings … 383 Huddersfield … 675 Ipswich … 4,545 Kingston-on-Hull … — Leeds … 3,927 Leicester … 8,884 Lincoln … 3,638 Liverpool … 10,614 Manchester … 30,762 Middlesbrough … 3,814 Newcastle-upon-Tyne … 3,440 Newport (Mon.) … 2,719 Northampton … 933 Norwich … 3,492 Nottingham … 12,441 Oldham … 503 Oxford … — Plymouth … 9,288 Portsmouth … 10.379 Preston … 9,913 Reading … 525 Rochdale … — Rotherham … 3,690 St. Helens … 1,950 Salford … 9,486 Sheffield … 6,342 Smethwick … — Southampton … 24,514 Southend-on-Sea … — Southport … 79 South Shields … 454 Stockport … 31,659 Stoke-on-Trent … 686 Sunderland … 3,732 Tynemouth … — Wakefield … 13,369 Wallasey … — Walsall … 70 Warrington … 3,725 West Bromwich … — West Ham … 15,733 West Hartlepool … 2,994 Wigan … 3,668 Wolverhampton … 3,645 Worcester … 1,132 York … 15 London County Council … 11,588 City of London … 734
Metropolitan Boroughs 1952/53 £ Battersea — Bermondsey 8,837 Bethnal Green 594 Camberwell 563 Chelsea 5,209 Deptford 465 Finsbury — Fulham 2,054 Greenwich 3,261 Hackney 2,458 Hammersmith — Hampstead 8,007 Holborn 524 Islington 42 Kensington 2,865 Lambeth — Lewisham 2,633 Paddington 72 Poplar 293 St. Marylebone — St. Pancras — Shoreditch 5,442 Southwark — Stepney — Stoke Newington 667 Wandsworth 1,499 Westminster 7,916 Woolwich 5,021 County Boroughs (Wales) Cardiff 7,226 Merthyr Tydfil 3,037 Swansea 15,509 Large Burghs (Scotland) Aberdeen — Airdrie 3,772 Arbroath 211 Ayr — Clydebank — Coatbridge 3,075 Dumbarton — Dumfries — Dundee 5,580 Dunfermline — Edinburgh 4,580 Falkirk — Glasgow 7,424 Greenock — Hamilton — Inverness — Kilmarnock — Kirkcaldy — Motherwell and Wishaw — Paisley 3,361 Perth — Port Glasgow — Rutherglen — Stirling — Dartford-Purfleet Tunnel-Cost of maintaining suspended works, etc 8,871