HC Deb 31 January 1968 vol 757 cc334-5W
75. Mr. Leadbitter

asked the Minister of Transport what was the cost and mileage of new road construction in the Northern Region for the year 1963–64 and the year 1966–67.

Mr. Carmichael

Expenditure on the construction of new roads in the Northern Economic Planning Region in 1963–64 was about £4 million and in 1966–67 about £18 million. Records of the mileages of new road construction are not readily available.