Mr. Lucasasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how much was spent on road improvements on classified roads in Brentford and Chiswick 26W in each of the last five years; and how much is expected to be spent in aggregate during the next five years.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI understand from the Middlesex County Council that the total expenditure on classified road improvements was as follows:
£ 1950–51 … … 185 1951–52 … … 1,499 1952–53 … … nil 1953–54 … … 951 1954–55 (estimated) … … 29,740 I cannot say at this stage what the expenditure will be during the next five years.