§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will give details of the reductions made since the Budget from the levels of total public expenditure for 1976–77 set out in "Public Expenditure to 1978–79" (Command Paper No. 5879) for each of the following sectors: trunk road construction,
£ million at 1974 survey prices 1976–77 Cmnd.5178 Cmnd.5879 Present proposals As originally proposed Budget reductions ENGLAND Motorways and trunk roads New construction and improvement (1) 430 260 20 240 Maintenance 33 42 1 41 Local transport (2) Capital Roads and car parks (1) 388 250 21 229 Public transport investment 98 99 — 99 Current Roads maintenance, administration etc. (2) 386 317 25 292 Passenger transport subsidies 28 99 10 89 GREAT BRITAIN Central Government subsidies British Rail 58 314 — 314 British Waterways Board 4 6 — 6 Bus fuel grants 17 28 — 28 Other 2 6 — 6 Nationalised transport industries capital expenditure (3) British Rail 186 200 — 200 British Waterways Board 1 1 — 1 British Transport Docks Board 17 12 — 12 National Bus Company 17 24 — 24 National Freight Corporation 30 33 — 33 TOTAL 1,695 1,691 77 1,614 Notes: (1) Approximate.
(2) Consultations are in progress with Local Authority Associations on the distribution of these reductions.
(3) Decisions have not yet been taken on how the Budget reductions will fall on the nationalised transport industries.
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(2) if he will give details of the level of total public expenditure at 1974 survey prices currently planned for 1976–77 for each of the following sectors; trunk road construction, trunk road maintenance, local authority transport central Government transport subsidies and investment by the nationalised surface transport industries;
(3) what is the value at 1974 survey prices of the level of total public expenditure planned for 1976–77 in "Public Expenditure to 1976–77" (Command Paper No. 5178) for each of the following sectors: trunk road construction, trunk road maintenance, local authority transport, central Government transport subsidies, and investment by the nationalised surface transport industries.
§ Dr. GilbertThe required figures for which the Department of the Environment are responsible as as follows:
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