§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment, in respect of each water authority which has reached a decision on the point, what information he has regarding the provisional scale of charges which will be applied to launderettes for effluent when any phasing-in period has ended.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThe scale of trade effluent charges levied on launderettes is a matter for individual water authorities. I do not have details of the charges made by all authorities, or the stages which phasing-in of full charges has reached. However, I understand that phasing-in has been completed in the area of the Thames Water Authority, where the rate of charge for 1977–78 is approximately 27p per 1,000 gallons.