§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is the planned expenditure for each of the following items for 1976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1979–80: motorway and trunk road construction, motorway and trunk road maintenance, and local authority road construction and local authority road maintenance;
(2) what is the planned expenditure for each of the following items for 1976–77, 606W 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1979–80: local public transport investment, centrally funded surface transport investment, centrally funded British Railways subsidies, bus fuel grants, new bus grants, concessionary fares, total public expenditure on roads, total public transport subsidies and investment, and total publicity funded surface transport, all at 1976 survey prices.
§ Mr. William RodgersThis information will be available very shortly in the forthcoming White Paper on public expenditure.
§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport how the £87 million road cut of July 1976 is to be allocated between the motorway and trunk road programme and the local authority road programme and between England, Scotland and Wales.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe figures are as follows:
£ million Motorways and Trunk Roads Local authority Roads Total England … 60.3 14.7 75.0 Wales … 2.0 2.0 4.0 Scotland … 8.0 — 8.0 Total … 70.3 16.7 87.0