§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in the Official Report an account of how the £2.3 million cost of the report on tidal power from the Severn estuary was spent, including its allocation between the various fields of study.
§ Mr. GrayThe organisation of the work carried out for the Severn barrage committee is described in the report of the committee which is lodged in the Library of the House. Annexes one to four of volume I give a detailed account of the structure of the work.
The main cost sub-headings were as follows:
£000s Data collection and analysis 623 Hydraulic modelling and sediments 543 Energy output analysis 90 Caisson studies 90 Embankment studies 33 Navigation ports and locks 33 Hydroelectric plant 133 Prototype trials 10 Environmental impact 182 Social and industrial impacts 18 General consultancy and economic analysts 585 Additional studies were also made, without direct charge, by the CEGB, the Department of the Environment, the Water Space Amenity Commission and 396W the Welsh Office. These related particularly to the topics of power transmission and the social, environmental and industrial impacts of a barrage.
§ Mr. Wardellasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in the Official Report how much of the £2.3 million spent on the report on tidal power from the Severn estuary was spent on researching the employment aspects of the Severn barrage construction.
§ Mr. GrayThe employment aspects of the barrage were considered partly under the social and industrial impacts heading of the committee's work and partly through general consultancy. The results are set out in sections 19 (volume I) and 15 (volume II) of the committee's report.
In addition to the studies supported from the committee's funds, other contributions were made by Government Departments and the Water Space Amenity Commission.