§ Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state for each of the counties in Wales and Monmouthshire the cost of the schemes under the Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act 1955, completed and approved up to 20th December, 1962, the grant paid or approved by his Department, and the number of schemes, with mileage for unclassified and unadopted roads, respectively.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsI cannot give information up to 20th December, 1962, which is the final date for approval of schemes under the Act. The latest available information, showing progress in Wales and Monmouthshire to 30th September of this year, is set out in the table overleaf:
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AGRICULTURE (IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS) ACT, 1955 PROGRESS TO 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1962 WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE SCHEMES APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE OR FORMALLY County Unclassified Unadopted Number of schemes on which work has been started but not completed Number of schemes on which work has been completed Number of schemes not yet started Grant paid Number of schemes Mileage Estimated or final cost Rate of grant Number of schemes Mileage Estimated or final cost Rate of grant £ Per cent. £ Per cent. £ Brecon … … 91 62.560 202,405 75 57 31.750 116,255 85 12 63 73 115,740 Caernarvon … … 94 106.226 190,451 75 8 6.958 29,733 85 8 71 23 103,208 Cardigan … … 84 85.846 154,928 75 50 25.290 66,601 85 15 55 64 91,916 Carmarthen … … 106 120.586 150,901 75 13 7.050 18,928 85 15 72 32 63,995 Denbigh … … 102 121.770 193,834 75 28 10.860 41,467 85 33 52 45 70,124 Flint … … 27 21.930 62,094 65 11 6.790 23,584 75 2 16 20 27,467 Glamorgan … … 60 31.083 84,402 65 17 10.810 39,393 75 8 48 21 55,844 Merioneth … … 130 158.770 319,883 75 7 3.420 14,586 85 56 56 25 150,993 Monmouth … … 32 20.240 53,577 65 17 6.223 18,434 75 6 23 20 23,816 Montgomery … … 86 57.569 194,328 75 93 39.484 147,663 85 10 73 96 95,422 Pembroke … … 41 50.260 59,691 75 17 7.930 29,016 85 2 35 21 42,966 Radnor … … 159 107.206 263,529 75 19 7.061 23,208 85 8 95 75 100,917 TOTAL … … 1,012 944.046 1,930,023 337 163.626 568,868 175 659 515 942,408
§ Mr. Watkinsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what mileage of roads, both unclassified and unadopted, in each of the counties of Wales and Monmouthshire, would require attention if the provisions of the Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act 1955 were extended after 20th December, 1962.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsI cannot say precisely. But the information which my Department has obtained in the course of the administration of the Act indicates that the mileage of roads in need of attention, and for which accepable schemes would be forthcoming if the Act were extended after 20th December, 1962, is very small.