Authorisations and Expenditure

HC Deb 29 July 1957 vol 574 cc135-6W

Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the amounts authorised and the actual expenditure, respectively, on new road construction and major improvement under the current roads programme for each of the years 1954–55 to 1957–58, inclusive.

Mr. Watkinson

The following are the figures (to the nearest £1 million):

AUTHORISATIONS £ MILLION
—	England, Wales and Scotland	England and Wales only
		excluding land	including land	including land
1954–5	…	19	20	14
1955–6	…	28	30	27
1956–7	…	34	39	34
1957–8	…	66	69	62
		(estimated)	(estimated)	(estimated)

Payments figures cannot readily be broken down into England and Wales and Scotland. The figures, including Scotland, and including land, are:—

			£ million
1954–55	…	…	5
1955–56	…	…	9
1956.57	…	…	16
1957–58 (estimated)	…	…	26