asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the estimated amount of money devoted by local authorities to (a) road maintenance, (b) road lighting, (c) road traffic control, (d) parking facilities, (e) road vehicle removal and (f) the cost of traffic congestion during 1975.

Out-turn information on local authority expenditure in 1975 is not yet available. Forecast net expenditure for Great Britain for the year 1975–76 was published in the White Paper on Public Expenditure (Cmnd 5879) at November 1973 prices, and showed roads and lighting maintenance £285 million and parking—excluding loan charges—£16 million. Expenditure on traffic control, removal of vehicles and measures to ease congestion, is not separately identifiable.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the amount of money spent by his Department on motorway and trunk road maintenance and construction and the cost of maintaining the various road construction units during 1975.

The following were the costs in 1975:

Motorway and trunk roads in England—

• Construction £314 million.
• Maintenance £47 million.

Road Construction Units expenses—£15 million.

My right hon. and right hon. and learned Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales, are responsible for expenditure on motorways and trunk roads in Scotland and Wales.