§ Mrs. Winifred Ewingasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what sums have been spent on the English road building programme in each of the last five years; and what sums are proposed to be spent in the next three years.
§ Mr. CarmichaelFollowing is the information:
£ million. Outturn prices 1969–70 310 1970–71 390 1971–72 362 1972–73 378 1973–74 484 1974–75 (estimated) 491 November 1973 prices 1975–76 410 1976–77 418 1977–78 420 The figures comprise expenditure on motorways and trunk roads, together with local authority expenditure on principal roads up to and including 1974–75, and on major schemes on all their roads thereafter.