§ Mr. James Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects the M8 motorway between Glasgow and Edinburgh to be brought up to the full motorway standards; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RifkindPreparatory work on the remaining schemes necessary to upgrade the A8 to motorway standard all the way from Glasgow to Edinburgh is in its early stages, and I cannot at present forecast when resources will permit work to start.
Public expenditure by spending authority and programme within the Secretary of State's responsibility £ million at 1980 survey prices 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 Central Government Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 114 130 103 92 122 142 108 Industry, energy, trade and employment 42 128 101 109 114 129 124 Roads and transport 98 95 110 101 96 84 91 Housing 261 292 287 302 346 337 249 Other environmental services 7 8 9 11 12 14 14 Law, order and protective services 45 46 46 47 54 57 60 Education and libraries, science and arts 130 134 144 144 148 152 148 Health 1,012 1,004 1,023 1,072 1,061 1,070 1,106 Personal social services 6 7 7 7 6 8 8 Other public services (including common services) 59 56 55 58 54 55 56 Total programmes 1,774 1,899 1,886 1,942 2,013 2,048 1,963 Local Authorities Agriculture, fisheries, food and forestry 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Industry, energy, trade and employment — — — 4 4 4 5 Roads and transport 286 253 261 292 282 271 260 Housing 458 394 382 354 334 269 296 Other environmental services 516 438 400 423 446 402 383 Law, order and protective services 214 210 197 202 209 212 211 Education and libraries, science and arts 988 968 925 922 914 870 842 Personal social services 153 179 173 183 192 192 192 Other public services 27 28 28 28 29 30 26 Total programmes 2,644 2,472 2,369 2,411 2,413 2,254 2,218