§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the beaches which are designated under the EC directive of 1975 which were not monitored for salmonella and enteriditis in 1989.
§ Mr. TrippierOn 25 January I announced that a detailed summary of the results of the 1989 survey of United Kingdom bathing waters identified under the European Economic Community bathing water directive would be placed in the Library,Official Report, 25 January 1990, column 785. This includes numbers of samples taken for the salmonella and enterovirus parameters and the number of these which failed to meet the directive's mandatory standards, at each bathing water.
England per cent. Wales per cent. Scotland per cent. (a) 1986 Owner occupied, owned outright 25 36 14 Owner occupied, with mortgage 39 31 28 Rented with job or business 2 3 3 Rented from local authority or New Town 24 21 49 Rented from housing association or co-operative 2 1 2 Rented privately, unfurnished 5 6 3 Rented privately, furnished 2 2 1 Number Number Number Base (number of households) = 100 per cent. 8,720 492 973 per cent. per cent. per cent. (b) 1987 Owner occupied, owned outright 24 34 14 Owner occupied, with mortgage 41 29 28 Rented with job or business 2 3 3 Rented from local authority or New Town 23 25 50 Rented from housing association or co-operative 3 2 1 Rented privately, unfurnished 4 6 3 Rented privately, furnished 2 1 1 Number Number Number Base (number of households) = 100 per cent. 8,842 518 939 Sample sizes for Wales and Scotland are small and, in those two countries, changes in the percentages between the two years are not statistically significant.
Results are not yet available from more recent surveys and the Department does not make such forecasts.