§ Sir Raymond Gowerasked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will give the latest available estimate of the numbers employed in the planning and administration of trunk and local authority roads;
(2) if he will give the latest available estimate of the total numbers employed in the construction and maintenance of trunk roads and local authority roads.
§ Mr. Barry Jones161 members of the Welsh Office are employed on various activities associated with highways in Wales. It is not practicable to break them down in the way requested. Information is not available about the number of persons employed by local authorities, consulting engineers and contractors and could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.