§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Prime Minister what is the overall total for the United Kingdom of (a) all rates paid to all local authorities, (b) all water and sewerage rates paid, (c) all money paid by central Government to all local authorities and (d) all moneys received from all sources by local authorities and water authorities for 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
§ The Prime MinisterThe information relating to local authorities is published in tables 4.1 and 4.2 of "Financial Statistics" (HMSO). The rent receipts shown in table 4.1 include central Government subsidies to local authority housing as follows (in £ million):
£ million 1970 1,449 1980 1,719 1981 1,242 1982 755 1983 599 Available information for the water industry in the United Kingdom is as follows (in £ million):
Income from charges for water and sewerage services Income from all sources 1978–79 1,247 1,509 1979–80 1,386 1,719 1980–81 1,693 2,083 1981–82 1,899 2,297 1982–83 2,041 2,458 NoteThe figures relate to water services provided by the appropriate public organisations in the United Kingdom. Within the totals shown:—
(a) for Scotland, the figures refer only to water supply;
(b) for Northern Ireland, the figures relate to the expenditure on water and sewerage services;
(c) for England and Wales, the figures exclude charges made by the statutory water companies.