§ Sir W. JENKINSasked the Minister of Health (1) what number of applications he has received from rivers catchment boards for a Provisional Order, under Section 56 of the Land Drainage Act, 1930, by which a catchment area may be made an administrative unit for the purpose of the prevention of pollution; what number has been granted in England, and what number granted in Wales; and what number has been refused in England and Wales, separately;
(2) whether the Mid-Glamorgan Rivers Catchment Board have yet made an application to him to grant a Provisional Order under Section 56 of the Land
Catchment Board. Estimated Cost of Works. Grant approved. £ 1. Old Haven … … … … 1,916 30 per cent. of net cost. 2. Douglas … … … … 13,905 30 per cent. of net cost. 3. North Norfolk … … … … 10,020 50 per cent. of net cost. 4. Rother … … … … 226 50 per cent. of net cost. 5. Rother … … … … 3,795 40 per cent. of net cost, not exceeding £1,500. 6. Rother … … … … 163,393 62 per cent. of loan charges. 7. Great Ouse … … … … 85,000 50 per cent. of loan charges. 8. North Norfolk … … … … 263 50 per cent. of net cost. 9. North Norfolk … … … … 1,308 50 per cent. of net cost. 10. Douglas … … … … 14,600 30 per cent. of loan charges. 11. Derwent … … … … 10,037 50 per cent. of loan charges. 12. Ouse (Yorks.) … … … … 506,000 20 per cent. of loan charges.* 13. Great Ouse … … … … 103,000 50 per cent. of loan charges. 14. Medway … … … … 144,000 33⅓ per cent. of loan charges. 15. Witham … … … … 13,710 33⅓ per cent. of net cost. 16. Crossens … … … … 33,000 15 per cent. of loan charges. 17. Douglas … … … … 5,775 30 per cent. of loan charges. 18. Nene … … … … 356,352 50 per cent. of loan charges. 19. North Norfolk … … … … 1,398 50 per cent. of net cost. 20. Great Ouse … … … … 76,200 50 per cent. of loan charges.* 21. Dee … … … … 11,413 25 per cent. of loan charges. 22. Mid-Glamorgan … … … … 2,900 Not exceeding £1,250. 23. Stour (Essex and Suffolk) … … 2,287 Not exceeding £750. 24. Essex Rivers … … … … 22,260 40 per cent. of loan charges. 25. Conway … … … … 12,000 50 per cent. of loan charges.* 26. South Lancashire … … … … 23,718 20 per cent. of loan charges. 27. Medway … … … … 275,000 33⅓ per cent of loan charges. * Although the grants have been approved, no grants have yet been made in these three cases.