HC Deb 21 May 1980 vol 985 cc258-60W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total grant to the Sports Council for the current year; how many staff the Sports Council employs at present; how many grants the Sports Council has given so far in the current year; and how much was given on each occasion, to whom and for what purpose.

Mr. Monro

Grant-in-aid to the Sports Council for 1980–81 is £19.159 million. The number of staff employed by the Sports Council on 31 March was 572, of whom 142 are based at headquarters, 145 in nine regional offices and 285 in the six national sports centres.

I understand that to date nearly 450 grants have been made at a total cost

CONSUMPTION PER HOUSEHOLD PER DAY
(1= litres; g=gallons)
Persons in household Malvern Fylde Mansfield South West WA
l (g) l (g) l (g) l (g)
1 … … … … 107 (24) 138 (30) 116 (26) 125 (28)
2 … … … … 211 (47) 308 (68) 236 (52) 226 (50)
3 … … … … 270 (59) 382 (84) 327 (72) 334 (73)
4 … … … … 313 (69) 433 (95) 368 (81) 404 (89)
5 … … … … 372 (82) 570 (112) 480 (106) 447 (98)

Mr. Bright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what figures are available for the consumption of water by domestic households in the areas covered by the new water authorities; and what are the national figures.

Mr. Fox

Water authorities do not record the domestic consumption of water using the household as a unit. Consequently, no representative figures are available from which the consumption of water by domestic households could be calculated for water authority areas. However, information on consumption per household is available from published reports on domestic water usage at Malvern, Fylde and Mansfield and is given below.

Water consumed per household per day
litres (gallons)
Malvern (1969) 260 (57)
Fylde (1973) 342 (75)
Mansfield 331 (73)

The estimated national average of water consumed per household per day in 1978 was 325 litres (72 gallons) and is based on 120 litres per head per day (26 gallons) and an average size of household of 2.71.

of almost £1 million. The detailed information asked for is not available other than at a disproportionate cost.