HC Deb 02 December 1958 vol 596 cc118-9W
Mr. Turton

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state the amount of grant, in respect of maintenance of classified roads, paid to each of the 48 English county highway authorities in the years 1956–57 and 1957–58, respectively, showing, in respect of each county, the amount the grant represents per mile of classified road.

Mr. Watkinson

No separate figures are available for maintenance only.

1956–57 Grant Grant per mile 1957–58 Grant Grant per mile
Bedfordshire 210,380 436 214,900 446
Berkshire 247,687 274 259,966 287
Buckinghamshire 356,311 396 375,050 420
Cambridgeshire 168,790 380 160,100 358
Cheshire 555,000 433 584,000 457
Cornwall 401,648 187 411,820 191
Cumberland 251,062 201 265,285 212
Derbyshire 476,800 346 508,140 369
Devonshire 569,461 159 569,501 159
Dorset 278,211 253 302,254 271
Durham 600,218 546 642,255 582
Essex 683,099 369 704,783 373
Gloucestershire 381,865 236 425,400 262
Herefordshire 210,794 203 211,009 203
Hertfordshire 369,350 463 390,000 490
Huntingdonshire 123,010 342 140,000 390
Isle of Ely 117,311 308 118,750 315
Isle of Wight 113,107 473 117,289 492
Kent 730,955 365 723,834 361
Lancashire 1,128,791 552 1,245,780 609
Leicestershire 327,210 321 322,312 315
Lincolnshire (Holland) 94,325 162 95,492 164
Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 156,446 186 164,775 196
Lincolnshire (Lindsey) 305,720 187 343,312 209
Middlesex 698,418 1,265 695,840 1,258
Norfolk 454,878 175 501,400 192
Northamptonshire 294,478 324 307,001 338
Northumberland 359,298 229 417,498 266
Nottinghamshire 303,000 357 321,506 379
Oxfordshire 249,254 294 270,000 318
Peterborough, Soke of 23,499 255 27,939 304
Rutland 43,000 266 42,500 262
Shropshire 360,458 206 379,412 217
Somerset 539,977 225 549,635 229
Southampton 564,570 298 622,734 328
Staffordshire 548,931 376 638,280 438
Suffolk, East 179,667 164 204,991 187
Suffolk, West 186,175 267 176,022 253
Surrey 696,052 670 776,202 746
Sussex, East 334,999 346 358,000 369
Sussex, West 266,000 346 292,950 380
Warwickshire 373,591 363 421,000 408
Westmorland 113,000 198 113,135 198
Wiltshire 392,304 250 424,076 270
Worcestershire 400,966 369 436,225 397
Yorkshire (East Riding) 227,000 208 222,850 204
Yorkshire (North Riding) 308,595 182 357,317 210
Yorkshire (West Riding) 1,018,835 440 1,071,389 462

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