HC Deb 10 February 1976 vol 905 cc134-5W
Sir P. Rawlinson

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish details of the sums paid in the year ended 31st March 1975 by way of fees to persons not full-time civil servants but following the professions of (a) chartered architect, (b) chartered and quantity surveyors, (c) medical consultants, (a) medical general practitioners, (e) dentists, (f) pharmacists, (g) civil engineers, (h) mechanical and electrical engineers, (i) estate agents and valuers, (j) solicitors, and (k) barristers, respectively.

Mr. Crosland

During the year ended 31st March 1975 the following sums were spent by the Property Services Agency on professional fees:

£
Architects 9.8 million
Quantity surveyors 6.1 million
Civil engineers 3.8 million
Mechanical and electrical engineers 2.8 million
Estate agents and valuers 60,000

In addition, £8.3 million was spent on fees to consultants employed by the Department on motorway and trunk road

Unmeasured Water Supply Measured Water Supply
Authority Average Bill 1976–77 Percentage increase over 1975 Average charge per 1,000 gallons Percentage increase over 1975
£p p
North West 15.10 10.5 48.0 13.0
Northumbrian 15.74 22.0 46.0 21.0
Severn Trent 16.60 21.0 54.9 25.0
Yorkshire 16.60 17.0 50.8 24.0
Anglian 16.48 25.0 47.0 25.0
Thames 18.29 18.8 41.8 19.4
Southern 15.75 8.7 47.0 8.8
Wessex 16.92 25.3 50.1 26.5
South West 21.90 23.0 59.9 23.0
WNWDA 20.00 12.5 58.4 12.0