§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales which road improvement schemes in Wales, in each year since 1979. qualified for the transport supplementary grant.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsUntil 1982–83 transport supplementary grant was paid on local authority programmes of capital and current expenditure and from 1982–83 to 1984–85 on programmes of capital expenditure. Information on all individual schemes is not available.
Since 1985–86 the only new expenditure accepted for TSG relates to schemes estimated to cost £5 million or more. The following have been accepted for grant:
Year of Acceptance and Scheme County 1985–86 A534 Holt Farndon By-Pass Clwyd A484 Loughor Bridge and Approaches Dyfed/West Glamorgan1 A4119 Mid Rhondda Access Road Mid Glamorgan 1986–87 Bridge over Wrexham-Bidston Railway Clwyd A467 Abertillery-Brynmawr Improvement Gwent Cardiff Central Link South Glamorgan Neath Urban Inner By-Pass West Glamorgan A4067 Glais-Pontardawe Improvement West Glamorgan 1987–88 Cardiff Butetown Link South Glamorgan 1Joint project.
Mr. Ieuan WynJones asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make it his policy to lower the qualifying threshold for transport supplementary grants in order to make some trunk roads eligible; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsTransport supplementary grant is payable only on local authority road schemes. The trunk road programme is wholly funded by the Government.