HC Deb 11 January 1978 vol 941 cc767-8W
Mr. Fell

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the cost to date of the work carried out in plan- ning the Acle bypass of the A47; and also what is his estimate of the cost of the reappraisal that his Department has announced.

Mr. Horam

Up to the time of reappraisal, £42,000 had been expended by the Departments' agent authority on preparatory work. Subsequently, a further estimated £5,000 was spent on the reappraisal.

Staff costs and overheads incurred by the Department are not apportioned among individual schemes, but the direct expenditure on public exhibition and inquiry costs was about £500.