§ Mr. Liddell-GraingerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total32W cost was of construction by the Environment Agency in Somerset and the Wessex area in each of the last three years. [107330]
§ Mr. MeacherThe total cost of construction by the Environment Agency in Somerset and the Wessex area in each of the last three years is as follows:
£000 Somerset Wessex1 2002–03 5,565 9,827 2001–02 4,545 7,723 2000–01 1,179 4,304 1 This figure includes the total cost of construction for Somerset. Flood defence projects account for most of the Agency's construction budget, its water resources function accounts for the remainder. The Agency's Wessex area consists of the three flood defence committees of Bristol Avon; Somerset; and Avon and Dorset.