§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of lenders approved, and their value, under the crofter counties road programme in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. RossThe following table gives this information:
Year Number Value (£'000) 1963–64 … … 8 1,686 1964–65 … … 5 646 1965–66 … … 8 1,688 At 1st April, 1966, there were 9 schemes not out to tender and costing £2.2 million which had been authorised or in respect of which the necessary grants had been earmarked.
§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total mileage and value of motorways and dual carriageways built in Scotland in each of the years from 1959 to 1964.
§ Mr. RossThe information requested is as follows for trunk roads:
Year Mileage Cost £'000 1959 … … 1.56 173 1960 … … 6.78 1,872 1961 … … 10.94 2,406 1962 … … 25.42 5,166 1963 … … 12.9 3,888 1964 … … 6.52 2,519 Year by year figures for classified roads are not available, but the total for the period is about 26.5 miles.
§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many road programmes were cut or deferred in Scotland in 1965 and 1966, county by county.
194Wemployed on hill farms in Scotland and in Perthshire, respectively; how many are self-employed; and how many are employees.
§ Mr. RossThe most recent available figures of regular workers which are based on the returns made by farmers for June, 1965, are as follows:
§ Mr. RossIn the year 1965–66 the total estimated cost of trunk road schemes deferred was about £420,000, representing 1.8 per cent. of the schemes due to start in the year; and the estimated cost of classified road schemes deferred was about £860,000, requiring grant of about £590,000 and representing 5.8 per cent. of the classified road programme for the year. Deferments affected the programmes of Edinburgh Town Council, Berwick, Clackmannan, Fife, Kirkcudbright, Midlothian, Moray, Peebles, Perth and Kinross and Roxburgh County Councils.
§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total mileage of roads built in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. RossThe mileages of new and improved roads in Scotland, including township roads, on which work has been completed since 1956 are as follows:
Year Miles completed 1956–57 … … … 64 1957–58 … … … 58 1958–59 … … … 91 1959–60 … … … 137 1960–61 … … … 115 1961–62 … … … 74 1962–63 … … … 114 1963–64 … … … 135 1964–65 … … … 108 1965–66 … … … 168 Since unclassified roads other than township roads are not eligible for Exchequer grants, no mileage details about them are readily available.
§ Mr. Monroasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of money spent on roads in Scotland in each of the last 10 years.
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§ Mr. RossThe annual expenditure on public roads in Scotland from 1956–57 onwards was as follows:
Year Total expenditure (£'000) 1956–57 12,857 1957–58 15,070 1958–59 17,429 1959–60 21,905 1960–61 25,500 1961–62 29,342 1962–63 31,133 1963–64 34.123 1964–65 36,016 1965–66 (provisional) 39,100