§ Mr. Michael Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the annual expenditure in each of the last 10 years on road research in general and in particular on the Transport and Road Research Laboratory.
§ Mr. William RodgersExpenditure on research and development on the design, construction and maintenance of roads is shown in the table below. It includes research and development to improve traffic control on high-speed roads but does not cover research on vehicles and road safety. Both columns include work carried out externally but managed by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory. Figures are readily available only for the last five years.
£000 TRRL Total 1972–73 … … 2,213 2,816 1973–74 … … 2,357 2,834 1974–75 … … 3,341 4,087 1975–76 … … 4,108 5,101 1976–77 … … 4,128 5,253