§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the amount of miles of motorway per 1,000 miles of road and the proportion of motorway and trunk miles per 1,000 miles of road in Italy, Holland, West Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Wales.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsThe figures are given in the following table:
km of motorway per 1000 km of road km of motorway and trunk road per 1000 km of road Italy*† 19 §171 Netherlands* 21 §51 Federal Republic of Germany* 14 §82 Belgium* 9 §99 United Kingdom‡|| 7 43 Wales‡ 3 55 * 31 December 1978 † Non-urban roads only. ‡ 1 April 1980. § Motorways and main and national roads. || Includes Principal Road motorway.