§ Mr. OLDFIELDasked the Minister of Health how many sewerage schemes are now under construction in South-East Essex; what is the estimated total cost in each case; what are the respective loan conditions; what in each instance is the percentage of outside labour to be employed; and for what districts are there schemes under consideration?
§ Mr. GREENWOODIn the last two years, schemes of sewerage and sewage disposal have been approved for the urban districts of Benfleet, Grays Thurrock, Tilbury arid Rayleigh and loans have been sanctioned for £11,748, £2,350, £3,950 and £80,409 respectively. Schemes have been approved for four contributory places in Orsett rural district and four in Billericay rural district and loans sanctioned to each of the two rural districts amounted to £12,523 and £21,440. No special conditions were attached to the loan sanctions. The schemes for Benfleet and Rayleigh urban districts and for Wickford contributory place, in Billericay rural district are receiving grant assist- 2381W ance from the Unemployment Grants Committee; the percentage of transferred labour employed on these schemes has been fixed at a minimum of 50 per cent. for the two urban districts and 40 per cent. for the rural district. Southend are carrying out alterations to their sewage disposal arrangements under special Parliamentary powers. Schemes are now under consideration for the urban district of Shoeburyness, for six contributory places in Rochford rural district, for three contributory places in Orsett rural district and three contributory places in Billericay rural district.