§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the total moneys received by the Scottish Office from the European regional development fund in each of the past five years; and what percentage of these was spent on road improvements, listing the projects completed and projects currently under construction.
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§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 16 May 1989]: The following awards have been obtained by the Scottish Office for projects and programmes in Scotland:
Award £ million 1984 103 1985 69 1986 84 1987 93 1988 95 444 Some £109 million, almost 25 per cent., of the awards have been for road improvements and new construction. It is not feasible to list all 250-plus roads projects but some significant examples are:
Award £ million Edinburgh City Bypass 6.3 Realignment of A71 near Kilmarnock 5.9 Eastern Distributor Road—Stirling 2.4 Inverness Inner Relief Road Phase 2 2.3 Northern Distributor Road—East Kilbride 1.1 A82 Improvement—Phase 1—Loch Lomondside 1.7 A836 Lairg to Auction Mart—Sutherland 0.9 A95 Broomhill Road Improvement—Grantown-on-Spey 0.5