asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what sums have been spent on the English road building programme in each of the last five years; and what sums are proposed to be spent in the next three years.

Following is the information:

	£ million.
Outturn prices
1969–70	310
1970–71	390
1971–72	362
1972–73	378
1973–74	484
1974–75 (estimated)	491
November 1973 prices
1975–76	410
1976–77	418
1977–78	420

The figures comprise expenditure on motorways and trunk roads, together with local authority expenditure on principal roads up to and including 1974–75, and on major schemes on all their roads thereafter.