Roads

HC Deb 03 July 1972 vol 840 cc54-5W

Mr. Gwynoro Jones

asked the Secretary of Slate for Wales what was the annual amount spent by central Government on roads in Wales, in 1965, 1970 and 1971; and what amount per head of population this was, in each year, with the corresponding figures for England.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The information for the three financial years is as follows:

	Wales	England
Year	Total expenditure	Per capita expenditure	Total expenditure	Per capita expenditure
	£ million	£	£ million	£
1965–66	16.8	6.24	168.9	3.75
1970–71	21.5	7.86	350.2	7.57
1971–72(provisional)	29.6	10.86	325.8	7.07