§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out a table of the amount of capital expenditure on roads for which his Department has responsibility in Wales for the last 15 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael RobertsThe information for the latest 15-year period for which outturn data are available is as follows:
Outturn of expenditure on new construction and improvement* Outturn prices £ million
1965–66 11.9 1966–67 14.3 1967–68 13.8 1968–69 15.7 1969–70 17.7 1970–71 24.8 1971–72 33.9 1972–73 39.3 1973–74 39.1 1974–75 44.2 1975–76 67.3 1976–77 82.5 1977–78 66.0 1978–79 75.2 1979–80 94.5 * Expenditure on trunk, principal and other roads.