§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the total Exchequer expenditure on Welsh roads during each of the years 1958 to 1968.
§ Mr. Cledwyn Hughes
£million 1957–58 4.8 These figures are estimates since precise figures are not available prior to 1965–66 1958–59 5.1 1959–60 6.3 1960–61 7.0 1961–62 7.8 1962–63 9.5 1963–64 12.2 1964–65 16.2 1965–66 16.8 1966–67 19.2 1967–68 16.2 (Provisional) The 1967–68 figure is not comparable with earlier years because of the changes in the system of specific grants for road works which came into operation on 1st April, 1967.