§ Mr. Fitchasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his current estimate of outturn expenditure on English motorway and trunk road construction for 1978–79; how this compares with the 91W planned figure in the 1978 public expenditure White Paper; and what are the factors causing any shortfall of actual spending.
§ Mr. Horam:It would be premature to publish an estimate of outtum at this stage of the year.
§ Mr. Fitchasked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the actual expen-
£million at 1977 survey prices 1976–77 1976–77 1977–78 1977–78 Cmnd. 6393 actual Cmnd. 6721 actual Motorway and Trunk Roads: Construction … … … 389 356 293 238 Maintenance … … … 71 63 61 59 Local Authority Roads Construction … … … 338 300 204 200 Maintenance … … … 429 391 392 377