§ Mr. Terence Bostonasked the Minister of Transport if he will set out in the OFFICIAL REPORT the cost per mile of repairs and maintenance each year for each motorway since it was opened to the latest convenient date.
§ Mr. Tom FraserIt would require a disproportionate expenditure of time to calculate exact separate figures for repairs and maintenance mile by mile, as these two classes of work often overlap. Moreover, an average figure per 229W mile for repairs is misleading. The following is the available information:
Motorway Year Total cost of repair Cost of Maintenance per mile £ £ M.1. 1959/60 — 1,500 1960/61 — 980 1961/62 59,000 1,900 1962/63 180,000 2,150 1963/64 20,000 2,500 M.2. 1963/64 — 1,000 M.4. 1961/62 — 1,500 1962/63 — 1,350 1963/64 — 1,520 M.5. 1960/61 — 1,230 and 1961/62 — 1,720 M.50. 1962/63 — 1,940 1963/64 — 2,580 M.6. 1958/59 5,000 not available 1959/60 — not available 1960/61 — 1,740 1961/62 — 2,200 1962/63 — 2,300 1963/64 6,500 2,280