§ 45. Commander Purseyasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will state the areas, rateable values 93W and incomes of each of the present 32 river boards; and what will be the areas, rateable values and expected incomes from each of the 26 new river authorities now to be established.
§ Mr. CorfieldI am circulating below a table showing the latest available information about acreage, rateable values
RIVER BOARDS—ENGLAND AND WALES River Board area Acreage Rateable Value* Production of rate of one penny† £ £ Avon and Dorset 1,062,184 10,150,625 42,911 Bristol Avon 548,598 12,318,411 52,842 Cheshire 469,760 9,298,976 40,324 Cornwall 1,180,824 7,921,927 33,928 Cumberland 1,138,255 3,171,688 13,254 Dee and Clwyd 750,000 5,567,596 23,915 Devon 1,545,750 8,201,229 35,470 East Suffolk and Norfolk 1,308,252 9,100,630 38,961 East Sussex 292,091 8,756,354 37,695 Essex 1,035,800 25,707,092 113,253 Glamorgan 485,000 12,527,191 49,045 Gwynedd 1,043,750 2,833,246 11,494 Great Ouse 2,120,685 10,915,607 47,422 Hampshire 665,029 14,924,243 64,678 Hull and East Yorks 527,890 5,621,399 23,899 Isle of Wight 94,146 1,485,221 6,163 Kent 1,187,288 23,659,865 102,679 Lancashire 1,330,257 21,047,301 87,973 Lincolnshire 1,305,55 6,232,199 26,763 Mersey 661,607 54,934,122 225,835 Nene 592,328 6,108,957 26,235 Northumberland and Tyneside 1,424,650 16,251,196 68,045 Severn 2,866,482 26,232,905 115,367 Somerset 765,670 5,138,168 22,088 South West Wales 1,548,559 6,170,381 25,913 Trent 2,578,560 71,195,109 303,260 Usk 430,150 4,406,321 17,899 Wear and Tees 858,760 15,694,745 67,549 Welland 389,242 1,403,605 6,045 West Sussex 494,000 9,635,882 42,209 Wye 1,033,762 1,769,770 7,437 Yorkshire Ouse 2,823,807 45,840,059 193,159 * Prior to revaluation. † At 1st April, 1962. The amalgamation of river board areas proposed in the Water Resources Bill would therefore produce the following results for those of the proposed river authority areas to be formed in this way:
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Proposed River Authority area Acreage Rateable Value* Production of rate of one penny† £ £ Northumbrian … 2,283,410 31,945,941 135,596 Yorkshire Ouse and Hull … 3,351,697 51,461,458 217,058 Welland and Nene … 981,570 7,512,562 32,280 Sussex … 786,091 18,392,236 79,904 Mersey and Weaver … 1,131,367 64,233,098 266,159 Lancashire and Cumberland … 2,468,512 24,218,989 101,227 * Prior to revaluation. † At 1st April, 1962. and penny rate products of the 32 river board areas. Information about their precepts was given in reply to a Question by my hon. Friend the Member for the City of Chester (Mr. Temple) on 24th April. Parliament has not yet settled the areas of the proposed river authorities.