§ 3. Mr. Idris Owenasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many applications for loan sanction for new sewage works have been received by his Department since his statement of 27th April; and whether he will list them.
§ The Under-Secretary of State for the Environment (Mr. Eldon Griffiths)Fifty-two applications have been received in this period for new sewage treatment works and 92 for extensions to existing works costing over £100,000. I will, with permission, list these in the OFFICIAL REPORT. None of these was made in advance of need under the arrangements announced on 27th April 1972. Local authorities can, of course, carry out smaller schemes without reference to my right hon. and learned Friend.
§ Mr. OwenI am obliged for that answer, but is my hon. Friend aware that many housing development schemes for which planning permission could be granted are held up for want of sewage treatment facilities? Will he give an assurance that the new Water Bill provisions announced today will not create a hiatus because of transfer of power from existing sewerage authorities to the new authority?
§ Mr. GriffithsYes, Sir. I have had meetings with those who will be concerned in the transitional period and I can assure my hon. Friend that we shall 432 take all possible steps to see that there is no hiatus in this important matter.
§ Following are the lists:
§ APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL FOR LOAN SANCTION PURPOSES FOR NEW SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS RECEIVED SINCE APRIL 1972
- Teesside CB
- Bodmin B
- Buckingham B
- Chipping Norton B
- Goole B
- Hereford B
- Swindon B
- Dearne UD
- Desborough UD
| Earby UD | joint scheme |
| Skipton RD |
- East Grinstead UD
- Horsham UD
- Kirkburton UD
- Northwich UD
- Axbridge RD
- Basingstoke RD
- Bathavon RD (2)
- Bedford RD
- Caistor RD
- Cannock RD
- Chelmsford RD
- Chesterfield RD
- Chichester RD
- Chipping Norton RD
- Deben RD
- Derwent RD
- Devizes RD
- Hailsham RD
- Holsworthy RD
- Huntingdon RD
- Kingsbridge RD
- Launceston RD
- Leyburn RD
- Luton RD
- Melton and Belvoir RD
- Millom RD
- Newark RD
- Newbury RD
| North Lonsdale RD | joint scheme |
| Grange UD |
- Pershore RD
- St. Austell RD
- St. Germans RD
- Shipston-on-Stour RD
- Thingoe RD
- Thirsk RD
- Tiverton RD
- Towcester RD
- Wigton RD
- Wincanton RD
- Mid-Calder and Hyndburn Joint Sewerage Board
- Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority
§ APPLICATIONS FOR APPROVAL FOR LOAN SANCTION PURPOSES FOR EXTENSIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS SINCE APRIL 1972
- Coventry CB
- Gloucester CB
- Halifax CB (2)
- Leeds CB
- Manchester CB
- Poole CB
- Sheffield CB
- Southend CB
- Wakefield CB
- Wolverhampton CB
- Castleford B
- Crewe B
- Dorchester B
- Hereford B
- Huntingdon and Godmanchester B
- Luton B
- Macclesfield B
- Peterborough B
- Romsey B
- Rugby B
- St. Ives B
- Spenborough B
- Taunton B
- Worthing B
- Alton UD
- Basildon UD
- Braintree and Bocking UD
- Buckfastleigh UD
- Clay Cross UD
- Crewkerne UD
- Cuckfield UD
- Frome UD
- Garforth UD
- Harpenden UD
- Haverhill UD
- Hexham UD
- Horsforth UD
- Kenilworth UD
- Knutsford UD
- Leighton-Linslade UD
- Ormskirk UD
- Rayleigh UD
- Rothwell UD (Yorks WR)
- Rothwell UD (Northants)
- Rushden UD
- Sowerby Bridge UD
- Westbury UD
- Witham UD
- Woodhall Spa UD
- Atherstone RD
- Blaby RD
- Boston RD
- Brixworth RD
- Cannock RD
- Congleton RD
- Depwade RD
- Doncaster RD
- Dorking RD
- East Retford RD
- Grimsby RD (2)
- Halstead RD
- Lexden and Winstree RD
- Lothingland RD
- Lutterworth RD
- Macclesfield RD
- Melford RD
- Newent RD
- Newmarket RD
- Oundle and Thrapston RD
- Pewsey RD
- Romsey Marsh RD
- Rugeley RD
- St. Faiths and Aylsham RD
- Sevenoaks RD
- Southwell RD (2)
- Strood RD
- Tenbury RD
- Thornbury RD
- Thorne RD
- Tutbury RD
- Uckfield RD
- Wallingford RD
- West Dean RD
- Wincanton RD
- Mid-Calder and Hyndburn Joint Sewerage Board
- Stalybridge and Dukinfield Joint Sewerage Board
- Upper Stour Main Drainage Authority
- Upper Tame Main Drainage Authority (2).