HC Deb 08 February 1937 vol 320 cc48-9W
Mr. Markham

asked the Minister of Health the total number of villages supplied with water, arid the total amount expended in so supplying them, under the provisions of the Rural Water Supplies Act, 1934; whether work under the Act is still in progress; and, if so, when the programme is likely to be completed?

Sir K. Wood

With the aid of the £1,000,000 grant under the Rural Water Supplies Act, 1934, schemes have been undertaken for 2,250 parishes at a total cost of over £7,100,000. About one-third of the schemes have been carried out, and it is anticipated that work on the remainder will be completed by the end of 1938.