HC Deb 18 March 1968 vol 761 c22W
Mr. E. Rowlands

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the expenditure on major roads and local authority roads, respectively, in each of the years from 1962 to 1967.

Mr. Cledwyn Hughes

Expenditure on Welsh roads has been as follows:

Year Trunk Roads Local Authority Roads Total
£m. £m. £m.
1962–63 6.0 11.2 17.2
1963–64 6.8 14.4 21.2
1964–65 10.7 14.8 25.5
1965–66 11.7 14.5 26.2
1966–67 14.4 17.0 31.4

Details of expenditure up to 1966 are given in Table 105 of the Digest of Welsh Statistics No. 13/1966.