§ Mr. Nicholas Bennettasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by each Welsh county, the number of miles and the cost of construction of all A-class roads completed in each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is not readily available.
£ million 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Total Welsh Office Public Expenditure—Cash Prices 845 1,076 1,248 1,291 1,489 1,769 2,105 2,216 2,389 2,609 2,640 2,780 3,028 Total Welsh Office Public Expenditure—Real Terms (1985–86 Prices) 2,862 2,900 2,972 2,699 2,812 2,859 2,869 2,751 2,766 2,888 2,799 2,780 2,939 Percentage change (year on year) — 1.33 2.48 -9.19 4.19 1.67 0.35 -4.11 0.55 4.41 -3.08 -0.68 5.72 The amounts shown at 1985–86 prices have been derived by the application of the GDP market price deflators The series of figures shown in the table are not directly comparable year on year because over the period there have been revisions to the classification of public expenditure and in the responsibility for certain new services.