§ 75. Mr. Spriggsasked the Minister of Transport if he will give the cost per yard of building each class of road, in the last five years, respectively; and how much in each case has been borne by the local authorities through whose areas the different classes of roads are built.
§ Mr. GalbraithThe information which the hon. Member has asked for in the first part of his Question is not readily available. My Answer to the second part can therefore be given only in terms of total annual expenditure. As it contains 65W a number of figures, I am circulating it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
£ million — 1962–63 1961–62 1960–61 1959–60 1958–59 Total Local Authority Total Local Authority Total Local Authority Total Local Authority Total Local Authority Class I … 10.9 3.3 8.1 2.4 6.8 1.9 8.0 1.7 8.5 2.2 Class II … 0.8 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 Class III … 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 These figures give expenditure on the construction of new classified road in England and Wales. Major improvement and other expenditure is excluded.