§ Mr. Heseltineasked the Minister of Transport if she will estimate the amount of revenue paid in road user taxation by residents of each county, and also the amount of road expenditure by both the central Government and local authorities in each county for the current financial year.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe revenue received in each county in 1966–67 from vehicle excise licences is given below:
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£000 Bedfordshire 2,484 Berkshire 3,295 Buckinghamshire 3,253 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 1,783 Cheshire 6,713 Cornwall 1,986 Cumberland 1,476 Derbyshire 4,343 Devon 4,114 Dorset 1,827 Durham 4,965 Essex 6,294 Gloucestershire 5,893 Hampshire 7,378 Herefordshire 867 Hertfordshire 5,221 Huntingdon and Peterborough 1,201 Kent 6,329 Lancashire 21,182 Leicestershire 3,826 Lincs. (Holland) 824 Lincs. (Kesteven) 844 Lincs. (Lindsey) 3,028 Norfolk 3,503 Northamptonshire 2,409 Northumberland 3,272 Nottinghamshire 4,436 Oxfordshire 1,971 Rutland 151 Salop 1,752 Somerset 3,738 Staffordshire 9,079 Suffolk (East) 1,966 Suffolk (West) 838 Surrey 5,552 Sussex (East) 3,391 Sussex (West) 2,368
Warwickshire … 10,466 Westmorland … 439 Wight, Isle of … 464 Wiltshire … 2,535 Worcestershire … 3,783 Yorks. East Riding … 2,578 Yorks. North Riding … 2,489 Yorks. West Riding … 16,153 Greater London Council … 40,472 I regret that information about expenditure on roads is not readily available in the form requested.