§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what sum was allocated by the Government to Strathclyde Region for principal roads in each year from the date of reorganisation of local government in Scotland; and what has been the total sum allocated to date.
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§ Mr. McElhoneExpenditure on roads by Strathclyde Regional Council in each of the years since 1975–76 has been as follows:
£ million 1975–76 … … 26.73 1976–77 … … 28.285 1977–78 … … 25.26 (estimate) Total 80.275 These figures cover expenditure on all non-trunk roads in the region. Government grants towards expenditure on principal roads in the region have not been made since local government reorganisation and it is not possible separately to identify expenditure on principal roads.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what sum was allocated by the Government to Edinburgh Corporation for principal roads from 1945 until the reorganisation of local government; and what has been the total sum allocated during this period.
§ Mr. McElhonePrincipal roads were first so classified in 1967 following the passage of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966.
The publication "Highway Statistics", succeeded in 1974 by "Transport Statistics Great Britain", shows that expenditure on principal roads by Edinburgh Corporation between 1967 and 1974—which attracted grant at the rate of 75 per cent.—was as follows:
Expenditure £000s 1967–68 … … … — 1968–69 … … … 647 1969–70 … … … 436 1970–71 … … … 1,085 1971–72 … … … 830 1972–73 … … … 1,293 1973–74 … … … 1,157 1974–75 … … … 1,449 6,897
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what sum was allocated by the Government to Lothian Region for principal roads in each year from the date of the reorganisation of local government in Scotland; and what was the total sum allocated to date.
§ Mr. McElhoneExpenditure on roads by Lothian Regional Council in each of 103W the years since 1975–76 has been as follows:
£ million 1975–76 … … 3.078 1976–77 … … 3.075 1977–78 … … 5.452 (estimate) 11.605 These figures cover expenditure on all non-trunk roads in the region. Government grants towards expenditure on principal roads in the region have not been made since local government reorganisation and it is not possible separately to identify expenditure on principal roads.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what sum was allocated by the Government to Glasgow Corporation for principal roads in each year from 1945 until the reorganisation of local government; and what was the total sum allocated during this period.
§ Mr. McElhonePrincipal roads were first so classified in 1967 following the passage of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966.
The publication "Highway Statistics", succeeded in 1974 by "Transport Statistics Great Britain", shows that expenditure on principal roads by Glasgow Corporation between 1967 and 1974—which attracted grant at the rate of 75 per cent.—was as shown in the following table:
Expenditure £000s 1967–68 … … … … 7,826 1968–69 … … … … 6,794 1969–70 … … … … 6,239 1970–71 … … … … 8,152 1971–72 … … … … 9,510 1972–73 … … … … 8,374 1973–74 … … … … 10,491 1974–75 … … … … 18,475 75,861