§ Mr. Templeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the latest estimates available to him of the precepts being levied by individual river and catchment boards in England and 35W Wales for 1963–64, in each case what percentage increase or decrease this represents on the precepts levied in 1962–63; what percentage aggregate increase or decrease this represents; and if he will publish these figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
River or Catchment Board Precept 1962–63 Estimated Precept 1963–64 Increase Decrease £ £ Per cent. Per cent. Avon and Dorset … … 99,600 122,200 22.7 Bristol Avon … … 195,000 207,500 6.4 Cheshire … … 140,000 80,000 42.9 Cornwall … … 96,400 76,300 20.9 Cumberland … … 51,700 55,800 7.9 Dee and Clwyd … … 95,600 128,500 34.4 Devon … … 155,500 206,500 32.8 East Suffolk and Norfolk … … 177,300 191,100 7.8 East Sussex … … 115,000 130,000 13.0 Essex … … 515,800 527,200 2.2 Glamorgan … … 171,700 164,500 4.2 Great Ouse … … 198,100 263,800 33.2 Gwynedd … … 86,600 105,500 21.8 Hampshire … … 80,800 54,100 33.0 Hull and East Yorkshire … … 65,700 65,700 — — Isle of Wight … … 19,000 27,500 44.7 Kent … … 440,000 479,800 9.0 Lancashire … … 281,500 318,500 13.1 Lincolnshire … … 141,600 147,200 4.0 Mersey … … 568,300 787,100 38.5 Nene … … 74,300 81,700 10.0 Northumberland and Tyneside … … 68,000 97,000 42.6 Severn … … 239,900 288,000 20.1 Somerset … … 149,700 172,500 15.2 South West Wales … … 84,200 83,800 0.5 Trent … … 914,100 936,900 2.5 Usk … … 80,000 100,000 25.0 Wear and Tees … … 95,300 96,300 1.0 Welland … … 47,600 48,300 1.5 West Sussex … … 147,000 185,000 25.9 Wye … … 44,600 54,900 23.1 Yorkshire Ouse … … 386,300 483,000 25.0 Lee Conservancy … … 427,600 427,600 — — Thames Conservancy … … 668,000 703,000 5.2