§ Mr. NichollsTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, pursuant to his answer of 15 March,Official Report, column 630, if he will give such information on water and sewerage charges paid by his Department, as can be provided without disproportionate costs. [15935]
§ Mr. JackAs my reply on 15 March said, there is currently no centrally held record of payments made on water and sewerage charges paid by the Department. Under decentralised budgets, responsibility of these matters rests with well over 100 accommodation managers throughout the estate, who are dealing with a diverse range of property occupation. There would be disproportionate costs involved in attempting to collect this information now.
The Department is working on establishing a central database for water, and other types of charges, but this will not be fully effective until after 1994–95.