§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list all occasions on which officials in his Department have failed to fulfil the statutory procedures necessary to allow a trunk road scheme to start, giving in each case the legal
1976–77 £million at 1978 Survey Prices Cmnd. 6393 Actual Percentage Shortfall Local authority road construction 408 362 11 1977–78 £ million at 1978 Survey Prices Cmnd. 6721 Actual Percentage Shortfall Local authority road construction 239 234 2 1978–79 £ million at 1978 Survey Prices Cmnd. 7049 Estimated Percentage Shortfall(−) or Overspend(+) Local authority road construction 223 255 +14 1979–80 £million at 1978 Survey Prices Cmnd. 7439 Estimated Local authority road construction 257 257