HC Deb 26 October 1965 vol 718 cc2-5W
1. Mr. Murton

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will publish a list of those coastal local authorities who are currently engaged on works which will eliminate completely sewage outfall within the next five years.

9. Sir B. Janner

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will give a list showing what each of the principal coastal local authorities estimate they will have to spend to provide proper sewage outfall treatment for their districts, together with a list of those coastal local authorities who have not yet obtained any such estimate; and whether he will request the latter to obtain such an estimate at any early opportunity.

19. Mr. Charles R. Morris

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will publish a list of those local authorities who discharge untreated

SEWAGE DISPOSAL IN COASTAL AREAS
(a) Local authorities with current schemes to improve sea outfalls with estimated costs
Local Authority In Progress Approved or Submitted Being Prepared
£ £ £
Barrow in Furness. 216,000 Cost of revised proposals not yet known
Birkenhead
Wallasey
Hoylake
Wirral
Brighton Not yet known
Hove
Chailey
Eastbourne 430,000
Tyneside Authorities 25,000,000
West Hartlepool Not yet known
Hartlepool
Bedlingtonshire 557,000
Blyth 400,000
Bognor Regis 1,500,000
Bridlington Not yet known
Bridport 339,000
Brightlingsea 107,000
Burnham-on-Sea 420,000
Clevedon 2,500,000
Long Ashton
Crosby 1,000,000
Deal 500,000
Exmouth 500,000
Frinton and Walton 750,000
Gosport 447,000
Hastings 1,075,000
Hythe 273,000
Littlehampton 360,000
Looe 180,000
Lowestoft 1,250,000
Minehead 214,000
Penzance 551,000
Portishead 340,000
St. Austell 309,000
Sandwich 300,000
Seaton 200,000
Teignmouth 50,000
Torquay 40,000
Ventnor Not yet known
Whitstable 312,000
Workington 130,000
Totals £2,023,000 £10,554,000

sewage on to beaches from which public bathing is permitted.

Mr. MacColl

My right hon. Friend recently asked the principal local authorities on the coast for information about their sewage disposal arrangements and their plans for improvement, with estimates of cost. I am circulating in the OFFICIAL REPORT a summary of the replies.

Coastal authorities are, in general, alive to their responsibilities in this matter, but my right hon. Friend is studying the returns and considering what further action to take.

(b) Local Authorities who consider their existing sea outfalls satisfactory
a. Sewage discharged after comminution or screening b. Sewage discharged without treatment
Grimsby Bootle
Kingston upon Hull Plymouth
Ashington Portsmouth
Bexhill Great Yarmouth
Brixham Cleethorpes
Broadstairs Cowes
Clacton Falmouth
Cromer Felixstowe
Dawlish Fleetwood
Dover Folkestone
Fareham Ilfracombe
Harwich Lyme Regis
Herne Bay Lynton
Hunstanton Maryport
Lymington Portslade
Lytham St. Annes Portland
Margate Redcar
Morecambe St. Ives
Newbiggin Scarborough
Newhaven Seaford
Newquay Seaham
Paignton Shoreham
Ramsgate Swanage
Salcombe Thornton Cleveleys
Sheerness Weymouth
Sheringham Whitby
Sidmouth Whitehaven
Weston-super-Mare Seaton Burn Valley Joint Board
Withernsea
(c) Local authorities with inland treatment works
Southend on Sea
Southport
Aldeburgh
Christchurch
Mablethorpe & Sutton
Sandown-Shanklin
Skegness
(d) Local authorities with current schemes for inland treatment works
In progress Proposed
£ £
Blackpool 4,000,000
Bournemouth 4,500,000
Bristol 10,000,000
Southampton 1,200,000
Sunderland 4,269,500
Canvey Island 310,000
Havant & Waterloo 423,000
Poole 702,000
Ryde 250,000
Rye 413,000
Worthing 1,000,000
TOTALS £22,817,500 £4,250,000