§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport what was the total Government and local government expenditure on cleansing, watering, snow clearing and administration, respectively, for each of the years 1963–64 and 1967–68.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe total Government and local authority expenditure on these services in England and Wales for the year 1963–64 was:
£million Cleansing, watering and snow clearing 17.7 Administration 22.8 40.5 Separate estimates of expenditure on these services in 1967–68 are not available.
§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport what was the total Government and local government expenditure on maintenance of roads for each of the years 1963–64 and 1967–68.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe information for 1963–64 is not available in the form requested. The main reason for this is that until 1st April, 1967, the definition was "new construction and major improvement". It is now "new construction and improvement", many of the "minor improvements" previously associated with maintenance under "maintenance and minor improvement" being treated as "improvements" in the new definition. Consequently, the 1963–64 figures for new construction and major improvement will not be on a comparable basis with the 1967–68 estimated expenditure on new construction and improvement of roads. The expenditure in 1967–68 is estimated as:—
£million Central Government … 12.8 Local Government … 123.0
§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport what was the total Government and local government expenditure on road lighting and car parking, respectively, in the years 1963–64 and 1967–68, respectively.
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§ Mrs. CastleFor reasons given in the Answer of 5th December, 1967, to the hon. Member the information on road lighting is not available for the year 1963–64. In 1967–68 it is estimated that Government expenditure was £0.9 million, and local authority expenditure £26.4 million.
Expenditure on car parking is a local authority responsibility: it amounted to above £5 million in 1963–64, and in the current financial year it is estimated to cost about £9 million.—[Vol. 755, c. 273.]
§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport what was the total Government and local government expenditure on new construction and improvement of roads, respectively, for each of the years 1963–64 and 1967–68.
§ Mr. SwinglerThe information for 1963–64 is not available in the form requested. The main reason for this is that until 1st April 1967, the definition was "new construction and major improvement". It is now "new construction and improvement", many of the "minor improvements" previously associated with maintenance under "maintenance and minor improvement" being treated as "improvements" in the new definition. Consequently, the 1963–64 figures for new construction and major improvement will not be on a comparable basis with the 1967–68 estimated expenditure on new construction and improvement of roads. The expenditure in 196–68 is estimated as:
£ million Central Government … … 197.3 Local Government … … 90.0