§ Mrs. Shirley Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out for each year from 1974, -in constant prices, the capital investment programme on local authority house construction in Merseyside and on investment by the North-West water authority on water supplies and sewage works in Merseyside.
§ Mr. HeseltineInformation received from the Merseyside district: councils about their capital investment on local authority house construction from 1974–75 to 1980–81 is given in the attached table. The information for 1981–82 is not yet available.
The capital investment by the North-West waiter authority on water supplies, sewerage and sewage treatment and disposal in Merseyside is as follows:
Year £million 1974–75 4.5 1975–76 5.5 1976–77 4.6 1977–78 4.7 1978–79 4.3 1979–80 8.3 1980–81 11.6 1981–82 11.2 All figures are given in cash terms in accordance with the new basis for public expenditure planning.