§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is aware that more than £88,600 was spent on roads in the new town of East Kilbride in the year ended 1st April, 1953, under grant from the Road Fund; and what expenditure was incurred in respect of the main Glasgow and Edinburgh roads in the area of the county of Lanark under grant from the Road Fund during the same period.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI assume that, in the first part of the Question, my hon. Friend has in mind the amounts of grant made for road construction in East Kilbride in the year beginning 1st April, 1953, as given in my answer of the 13th December last to the hon. Member for Dunbartonshire, East (Mr. Bence). It is not possible to specify separately expenditure on the main Glasgow and Edinburgh roads, but in the same period total expenditure on trunk roads in Lanarkshire amounted to approximately £100,000 and total Exchequer expenditure on classified roads to approximately £150,000 mostly for maintenance and minor improvement.
§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what grants were made for road construction or improvement within the county of Lanark during the year April, 1953, to April, 1954, other than £88,615 for East Kilbride.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterIn the year beginning 1st April, 1953, grants towards major and minor improvement works on classified roads within the county of172W Lanark, excluding East Kilbride, amounted to £23,011, and improvements were authorised on trunk roads in the same area to the value of £56,449.