§ Mr. Barnettasked the Minister of Transport what was the total in the last financial year paid by his Department to all local authorities in Lancashire with an analysis of such payments under the 21W appropriate categories, and a comparison of each on a per capita basis with all other counties.
§ Mr. MarshFollowing is the information:
Payments to local authorities in Lancashire Payments to all local authorities * Total (£000) £ per head £ per head Roads†— new construction and improvement 4,476 0.861 1.782 maintenance, cleansing and administration 238 0.0458 0.0737 Transportation studies 34 0.00654 .00832 Fuel tax grant 676 0130 0.0457 Total 5,424 * Figures relate to Great Britain in the case of fuel tax grant and to England for the other items. †Excluding loan payments of £5,946,000 to the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee. Payments to local authorities acting as agents for trunk road work are also excluded. These figures have been obtained from highway authority returns of expenditure and relate to that part of expenditure met from central government funds.