To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the cost of building (a) the Hawarden bypass (b) the Chester southerly bypass (c) the Norling bypass and (d) the Mold bypass in current prices. [32932]

The information is not available in the form requested. The actual cost of each scheme was: (a) Hawarden bypass, £32,000,000; (b) Chester southerly bypass, £16,000,000; (c) Northop bypass, £14,000,000; (d) Mold bypass, £18,000,000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when he proposes to build the Alltami bypass; and if he will make a statement. [32934]

Proposals for an Alltami bypass form part of the A494 Mold-Ewloe improvement. This scheme is included in the longer-term consideration pool of the forward trunk road programme published in the Welsh Office's departmental report, Cm 2815, on 9 March 1995.