§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he has yet made proposals to the water authorities for their capital spending allocations in 1983 and 1984; and if he will give details of these.
§ Mr. Giles ShawCapital allocations for 1983–84 and 1984–85 have not been made, but, so that the English water authorities can complete their annual plans for 1982, they were asked to work on the following notional allocations:
Water Authority 1983–84 £ million cash Notional Allocation 1984–85 £ million cash Notional Allocation North-West 119 130 Northumbrian 41 43 Severn-Trent 122 130 Yorkshire 88 90 Anglian 102 104 Thames 95 105 Southern 51 54 Wessex 34 36 South-West 27 28 Total 679 720