Main Roads (Expenditure)

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asked the Minister of Transport the amounts spent on main roads converging on London from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex during each of the years from 1919 to 1929; what amounts, if any, have been sanctioned; and the proportions paid or promised by the Exchequer in each case?

I regret that I have not the information necessary to enable me to reply to this question.

TABLE showing the ages of vessels registered at ports in the united Kingdom, the registers of which were reported to the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen as having been closed on sale of the vessels to foreigners, during each of the undermentioned years.
—		1922.		1923.		1924.
—		No. of Vessels.	Gross Tonnage.	No. of Vessels.	Gross Tonnage.	No, of Vessels.	Gross Tonnage.
Built in 1925–1928	…	—	—	—	—	—	—
Built in 1920–1924	…	16	47,191	12	18,045	20	36,802
Built in 1915–1919	…	118	130,066	53	58,758	67	54,765
Built in 1910–1914	…	31	110,777	26	73,142	29	50,246
Built in 1905–1909	…	44	128,101	51	149,689	62	135,128
Built in 1900–1904	…	53	172,993	61	214,792	55	191,789
Built prior to 1900	…	94	248,522	128	283,086	106	227,848

—		1925.		1926.		1927.		1928.
—		No. of Vessels.	Gross Tonnage.	No. of Vessels.	Gross Tonnage.	No. of Vessels.	Gross Tonnage.	No. of Vessels.	Gross Tonnage.
Built in 1925–1928	…	1	1,977	7	11,230	12	21,459	27	63,360
Built in 1920–1924	…	23	18,581	22	39,885	15	37,218	34	51,156
Built in 1915–1919	…	60	52,807	61	104,135	60	192,982	37	89,664
Built in 1910–1914	…	20	41,443	32	86,050	41	148,696	24	85,721
Built in 1905–1909	…	68	127,148	36	86,804	46	132,123	33	98,145
Built in 1900–1904	…	44	131,774	38	105,214	45	158,081	37	123,613
Built prior to 1900	…	86	172,472	79	163,033	64	165,879	45	90,728

Volume 235: debated on Tuesday 25 February 1930