Mr. Gresham Cookeasked the Minister of Transport if she will give the total estimated commitments outstanding on 31st March last and the total estimated new commitments in 1966–67 in respect of new construction and major improvements for trunk roads and for classified roads and loans to highway authorities, respectively.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe provisional totals of commitments for new road construction and major improvements outstanding on 31st March 1966 are:
£ million Trunk roads (including motorways) 214.79 Classified roads (Grants) 79.71 Classified roads (Loans) 4.50 299.00 and of the total estimated new commitments in 1966–67—
£ million Trunk roads (including motorways) 160 Classified roads (Grants) 80.5 We do not plan to authorise any new loans this year.