§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the £25 million announced by the Under-Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, on Friday 10 November for rural roads provision over the next six years will be spent in the Newry and Mourne district council area.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe reference was to funding of a programme of measures to improve the strategic road network in Northern Ireland. Approximately 40 per cent. of this programme relates to the Newry and Mourne district council area.
§ Mr. McGradyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much of the £25 million announced by the Under-Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, on Friday 10 November for rural roads provision over the next six years will be spent in the Down district council area.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe reference was to the funding of a programme of measures to improve the strategic road network in Northern Ireland. None of this programme relates to the Down district council area.