§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what was the average expenditure per mile of road in Wales taking in total central Government and local government spending, for each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsFigures for the financial years 1974–75 to 1978–79 are as follows:
Expenditure per mile of road at outturn prices (£).
1974–75 4,270 1975–76 6,000 1976–77 7,000 1977–78 6,550 1978–79 7,690
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table showing the total central Government ex- 574W penditure on roads in Wales for each of the past 15 years, showing the expenditure both at current values and adjusted £ sterling to the value of £ sterling in terms of 1970 purchasing power.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsFor details of expenditure, at outturn prices, on trunk roads in Wales during the period 1964–65 to 1977–78 I refer the hon. Member to the 1975 and 1979 editions of the Digest of Welsh Statistics, tables 6.03 and 6.06 respectively. The comparable figure for 1978–79, the latest year for which outturn data are available, is £61.1 million. Over the same period trunk road expenditures, expressed in terms of 1970 prices, are as given below.
£ million (1970 prices)* 1964–65 13.1 1965–66 13.9 1966–67 15.7 1967–68 10.9 1968–69 11.3 1969–70 12.0 1970–71 16.8 1971–72 23.1 1972–73 22.6 1973–74 19.1 1974–75 15.4 1975–76 25.7 1976–77 29.4 1977–78 21.3 1978–79 22.3 * adjusted to 1970 prices using the GDP deflator.