To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out in tabular format (a) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the planning, building and maintenance of roads, (b) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the development and maintenance of railways, (c) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the development of public transport other than railways and (d) the number of civil servants in his Department devoted to the promotion of cycling.

The Secretary of State has statutory responsibility for the construction and maintenance of motorway and trunk roads in Wales. The Welsh Office highways directorate which carries out these functions has a staff complement of 172·5. With minor exceptions statutory responsibility for matters relating to public transport rests with the Secretary of State for Transport.