§ Mr. Rowlandsasked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table for road transport expenditure in Wales under the 414W categories listed in Table 2.6 Command Paper No. 5519.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasFigures of expenditure within my responsibility on roads and transport in Wales under the categories listed in Table 2.6 of Command 5519 are as follows:
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£ million at 1973 Survey prices 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 Roads New Construction and Improvements Motorway/Trunk Roads … 11.2 12.3 16.9 25.1 25.2 21.6 31.9 36.2 40 43 Principal Roads … 6.4 6.8 7.8 7.4 10.0 13.1 7.7 8.7 10 11 Other Roads … 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.6 6.1 5.9 6.3 7.0 7 8 Other Expenditure … 1.4 0.6 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 3 3 Total … 22.9 23.3 29.2 38.1 42.8 43.3 48.6 54.6 60 65 Maintenance Motorway/Trunk Roads … 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.9 3.3 5.1 3.5 3.8 4 4 Principal Roads … 3.3 2.9 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.4 4 4 Other Roads … 13.6 12.9 12.4 12.9 13.1 14.0 14.4 14.1 15 15 Other Expenditure … 1.9 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 2.6 2.6 2.7 3 3 Total … 21.3 20.0 20.0 20.7 21.2 24.9 23.8 24.0 26 26 Administration Central Government Administration … 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 1 1 Local Authority Administration … 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.2 4.4 4 5 Total Roads … 47.8 47.1 53.3 63.0 68.1 72.9 77.3 83.7 91 97 Public Surface Transport Rural bus and ferry services … — — — 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 1 1 Infrastructure expenditure British Railways … — — — — 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 Other … — — — 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 Total Public Service Transport … — — — 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1 1 Total Roads and Transport … 47.8 47.1 53.3 63.3 68.8 73.7 78.2 84.6 92 98 Changes from Cmnd. 5178 revalued Policy changes … — — — — — — −2.7 −0.6 −1 — Estimating changes … — — — — −6.4 −2.2 +0.3 −1.7 −2 — Cmnd. 5178 revalued … — — — — 75.2 75.9 80.6 86.9 95 —