HL Deb 15 June 1977 vol 384 cc286-8WA
Lord JANNER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What would have been the effect on equalisation payments and levies this year of including the statutory water companies in the equalisation scheme on the basis of the amendments to the Water Charges Equalisation Bill now before this House.

The PARLIAMENTARY UNDERSECRETARY of STATE, DEPARTMENT of the ENVIRONMENT (Baroness Birk)

The information is as follows:

Authorities to receive equalisation payments
£000
Northumbrian 331
Anglian 3,301
South West 1,777
Welsh National WDA 3,772

Companies to receive equalisation payments
Bristol 752
Eastbourne 312
East Surrey 101
East Worcestershire 39
Folkestone 2
Mid Kent 172
Mid Southern 111
Mid Sussex 358
Sutton 62
Tendring 64
York 7

Authorities to pay equalisation levies
North West 338
Severn-Trent 667
Yorkshire 715
Thames 3,282
Southern 897
Wessex 16

Companies to pay equalization levies
£000
Bournemouth 292
Cambridge 143
Chester 6
Colne Valley 318
East Anglian 179
Essex 187
Hartlepools 97
Lee Valley 684
Newcastle 766

North Surrey 239
Portsmouth 676
Rickmansworth 210
South Staffordshire 1,131
Sunderland 69
West Hampshire 191
West Kent 21
Wrexham 36

House adjourned at sixteen minutes before nine o'clock.