§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many applications by rural councils he has refused for grant or loan aid for sewerage disposal schemes in villages where, at present, no such facilities exist; and what were the grounds for such refusals.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonLoans are sanctioned for schemes urgently needed for new housing or industry, for reasons of public health or to end gross pollution52W of beaches. Loan sanction for others is withheld under a circular issued in August, 1966, and at present 114 sewerage or sewage disposal schemes in rural districts many of which relate to villages without main drainage stand deferred.
Where a scheme has been sanctioned for a rural locality without main drainage, grant has been paid in respect of sewerage but not, since 1961, in respect of sewage disposal works.