HC Deb 11 November 1974 vol 881 cc49-50W
Mr. Michael Latham

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list for the area of each regional water authority its proposed level of ex- penditure on new construction work during 1975; and how these estimates compare with the actual workload in 1974.

Mr. Crosland

Capital expenditure allocations for the regional water authorities for 1975–76 have not yet been determined. The authorities have been authorised to incur the following expenditure on capital works in 1974–75:

(At November 1973 prices)
£ million
Northumbrian 18.09
North-West 42.23
Yorkshire 28.70
Severn-Trent 50.30
Anglian 46.89
Thames 33.13
Southern 22.10
Wessex 15.70
South-West 12.40
269.54