asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the total expenditure on trunk roads, Classes I, II and III roads, for each of the county councils in Wales for the last financial year; what was the amount of grant allocated; and what are the estimated figures for the current year.
County | Trunk Roads Approved expenditure (all met by Road Fund) | Class I | Class II | Class III | |||
Approved expenditure | Grant | Approved expenditure | Grant | Approved expenditure | Grant | ||
1953–54 | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
Anglesey | 32,278 | 26,600 | 19,950 | 23,100 | 13,860 | 33,030 | 16,515 |
Breconshire | 69,327 | 22,991 | 17,243 | 16,648 | 9,989 | 74,749 | 37,374 |
Caernarvonshire | 55,120 | 63,335 | 47,501 | 52,557 | 31,534 | 72,930 | 36,465 |
Cardiganshire | 54,060 | 34,900 | 26,175 | 40,587 | 24,352 | 89,547 | 44,773 |
Carmarthenshire | 71,020 | 66,891 | 50,168 | 80,955 | 48,573 | 169,857 | 84,929 |
Denbighshire | 90,483 | 58,226 | 43,669 | 56,049 | 33,629 | 97,404 | 48,702 |
Flintshire | 59,682 | 104,131 | 78,099 | 28,250 | 16,950 | 50,500 | 25,250 |
Glamorganshire | 120,815 | 228,134 | 171,100 | 138,770 | 83,262 | 160,406 | 80,203 |
Merionethshire | 80,953 | 34,749 | 26,063 | 40,377 | 24,226 | 37,420 | 18,710 |
Monmouthshire | 107,743 | 109,557 | 82,169 | 79,356 | 47,614 | 97,434 | 48,717 |
Montgomeryshire | 65,715 | 12,465 | 9,349 | 50,729 | 30,437 | 121,429 | 60,714 |
Pembrokeshire | 35,700 | 45,390 | 34,043 | 35,934 | 21,560 | 87,035 | 43,518 |
Radnorshire | 29,680 | 26,400 | 19,800 | 21,147 | 12,688 | 54,000 | 27,000 |
1954–55 | |||||||
Anglesey | 32,860 | 33,900 | 25,425 | 31,000 | 18,600 | 36,950 | 18,475 |
Breconshire | 73,140 | 26,584 | 19,938 | 20,114 | 12,068 | 75,988 | 37,994 |
Caernarvonshire | 59,360 | 72,800 | 54,600 | 58,150 | 34,890 | 81,020 | 40,510 |
Cardiganshire | 76,320 | 48,282 | 36,211 | 50,223 | 30,134 | 89,310 | 44,655 |
Carmarthenshire | 73,140 | 77,236 | 57,927 | 92,335 | 55,401 | 198,345 | 99,172 |
Denbighshire | 105,000 | 58,372 | 43,779 | 65,683 | 39,410 | 111,622 | 55,811 |
Flintshire | 63,600 | 123,934 | 92,950 | 33,000 | 19,800 | 48,500 | 24,250 |
Glamorganshire | 178,080 | 219,208 | 164,406 | 192,272 | 115,363 | 212,462 | 106,231 |
Merionethshire | 90,100 | 36,666 | 27,500 | 43,166 | 25,900 | 41,200 | 20,600 |
Monmouthshire | 117,660 | 133,615 | 100,211 | 87,708 | 52,625 | 106,328 | 53,164 |
Montgomeryshire | 75,260 | 19,653 | 14,740 | 62,366 | 37,419 | 129,683 | 64,841 |
Pembrokeshire | 41,340 | 47,000 | 35,250 | 46,400 | 27,840 | 99,820 | 49,910 |
Radnorshire | 34,328 | 38,000 | 28,500 | 25,000 | 15,000 | 58,000 | 29,000 |
I regret that the desired statistics of total expenditure in 1953–54 are not yet available pending the receipt of annual returns from local authorities. I will send the information to the hon. Member as soon as I can. Meanwhile, I give below figures relating to approved expenditure on, and grants for, maintenance and minor improvement in respect of last year and the current year.I cannot make reliable estimates of total expenditure, or of total grants for major improvement and new construction, in the current year; nor would figures relating to such grants be comparable with the figures relating to expenditure since grants are made towards the total cost of schemes, some of which will be spread over several years. I can, however, if desired, let the hon. Member have such grant figures for 1953–55.