asked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the cost per head of population of public expenditure for which his Department is responsible in Cornwall, and England and Wales, respectively.

Available information for 1976–77 is as follows:

Cost per head of population (£)
	Cornwall	England
Local government subsidies (including concessionary fares)	2·5	5·6
Central and local government expenditure on roads	37	10

The Department is not responsible for the above expenditure in Wales. Central Government loans and subsidies to nationalised industries, and sundry other expenditure, are not allocated to particular areas.