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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish a list of those boroughs and urban districts from which he is removing responsibilities for road safety after 1st April, 1972, and state in what way their carrying out of these responsibilities has been unsatisfactory.
Exemption from paying the county road safety precept has been withdrawn from 135 non-county borough and urban district councils.These exemptions were withdrawn because the arrangements which the
County | Non-county Boroughs | Urban District Councils |
Berkshire | Abingdon | |
Newbury | ||
Wokingham | ||
Cumberland | Whitehaven | Keswick |
Penrith | ||
Durham | Durham | Seaham |
Blaydon | ||
Barnard Castle | ||
Consett | ||
Bishop Auckland | ||
Shildon | ||
Hetton | ||
Brandon and Byshottles | ||
Stanley | ||
Felling | ||
Washington | ||
Houghton-le-Spring | ||
Ryton | ||
Spennymoor | ||
Whickham | ||
Crook and Willington | ||
Hertfordshire | Hertford | Baldock |
Sawbridgeworth | ||
Potters Bar | ||
Hitchin | ||
Berkhamsted | ||
Harpenden | ||
Rickmansworth | ||
Royston | ||
Tring | ||
Ware | ||
Welwyn Garden City | ||
Chorleywood | ||
Hoddesdon | ||
Kent | Tenterden | Sittingbourne and Milton |
Rochester | ||
Hythe | ||
Chatham | ||
Faversham | ||
Queenborough-in-Sheppey | ||
Lancashire | Nelson | Carnforth |
Heywood | Adlington | |
Colne | Pressall | |
Clitheroe | Longridge | |
Chorley | Wardle | |
Morecambe and Heysham | Milnrow | |
Lancaster | Kirkham | |
Leigh | Westhoughton | |
Fleetwood | Chadderton | |
Middleton | Golborne | |
Redcliffe | Leyland | |
Darwen | Ormskirk | |
Prestwich | Newton-le-Willows | |
Tyldesley | ||
Billinge and Winstanley | ||
Padiham | ||
Tottington | ||
Atherton | ||
Prescot | ||
Crompton | ||
Thornton Cleveleys | ||
Littleborough | ||
Hindley | ||
Whitworth |
councils had made or were proposing to make were not as good as those the county council were willing to make.
Following is the list:
County
| Non-county Boroughs
| Urban District Councils
|
Whitefield | ||
Ramsbottom | ||
Poulton-le-Fylde | ||
Ulverston | ||
Lincolnshire (Holland) | Boston | |
Lincolnshire (Kesteven) | Grantham | Bourne |
Stamford | Sleaford | |
Lincolnshire (Lindsey) | Cleethorpes | Horncastle |
Barton-upon-Humber | ||
Skegness | ||
Mablethorpe and Sutton | ||
Alford | ||
Northumberland | Blyth | |
Oxfordshire | Chipping Norton | Thame |
Woodstock | Bicester | |
Somerset | Glastonbury | Wells |
Chard | Keynsham | |
Norton-Radstock | ||
Wellington (Somerset) | ||
Burnham-on-Sea | ||
Portishead | ||
Shepton Mallet | ||
Watchet | ||
Frome | ||
Street | ||
Staffordshire | Tamworth | Kidsgrove |
Stafford | Biddulph | |
Lichfield | Leek | |
Uttoxeter | ||
Stone | ||
West Suffolk | Bury St. Edmunds | |
Sudbury | ||
East Sussex | Hove | Portslade-by-Sea |
Worcestershire | Evesham | Stourport-on-Severn |
Yorkshire (East Riding) | Hedon | Driffield |
Beverley | Withernsea | |
Bridlington | Hornsea | |
Haltemprice | ||
Filey |