§ Mr. Templeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what are the best estimates available to him
River of Catchment Board Precept 1961–62 Estimated Precept 1962–63 Increase Decrease £ £ Per cent. Per cent. Avon and Dorset … … 99,392 99,600 0.2 Bristol Avon … … 165,000 195,000 18.2 Cheshire … … 125,920 140,000 11.2 Cornwall … … 100,510 96,400 4.1 Cumberland … … 52,331 51,700 1.2 Dee and Clwyd … … 92,793 95,600 3.0 Devon … … 141,359 155,500 10.0 East Suffolk and Norfolk … … 163,060 177,300 8.7 East Sussex … … 105,605 115,000 8.9 Essex … … 481,997 515,800 7.0 Glamorgan … … 156,590 171,700 9.6 Great Ouse … … 186,003 198,100 6.5 Gwynedd … … 70,930 86,600 22.1 Hampshire … … 62,184 80,800 29.9 Hull and East Yorkshire … … 53,177 65,700 23.5 Isle of Wight … … 17,200 19,000 10.5 Kent … … 380,000 440,000 15.8 Lancashire … … 263,091 281,500 7.0 Lincolnshire … … 136,300 141,600 3.9 Mersey … … 571,803 568,300 0.6 Nene … … 74,262 74,300 0.1 Northumberland and Tyneside … … 68,000 68,000 — — Severn … … 197,090 239,900 21.7 Somerset … … 128,454 149,700 16.5 South West Wales … … 83,557 84,200 0.8 Trent … … 889,939 914,100 2.7 Usk … … 68,000 80,000 17.6 Wear and Tees … … 95,070 95,300 0.2 Welland … … 45,208 47,600 5.3 West Sussex … … 125,000 147,000 17.6 Wye … … 29,496 44,600 51.2 Yorkshire Ouse … … 382,000 386,300 1.1 Lee Conservancy … … 392,940 427,600 8.8 Thames Conservancy … … 585,000 668,000 14.2