§ 86. Mr. Goochasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will indicate, county by county, the rural water supply and sewerage schemes to which 57W he has given approval during 1952, and the contributions he has made, or promised, towards the expenses of these schemes incurred by district councils under Section 1 of the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944.
§ Mr. MarplesThree hundred and five schemes for rural water supply and 153 schemes for sewerage were approved during 1952 to a total value of £6,953,450 and £3,516,985, respectively. During the year the grants promised, finally or provisionally, amounted to £2,150,060 in respect of water supply and £1,127,040 in respect of severage schemes, while grant payments towards these two services totalled £1,704,232 and £1,625,105. There is necessarily a time lag between the approval of a scheme and my right hon. Friend's final undertaking to pay grant, and again between that undertaking and actual payment, so that the promises and payments made in 1952 relate partly to schemes approved in earlier years. He regrets that detailed lists of the individual schemes are not readily available.