HC Deb 04 December 1984 vol 69 c117W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what financial targets have been fixed for the English regional water authorities for 1983–84 and 1984–85.

Mr. Macfarlane

The English water authorities were set financial targets (expressed as a rate of return on net assets) as follows:

Financial years

1983–84

 1984–85
Water authority Rate of return

Percentage

 Rate of return

Percentage
Anglian 2.06 1.36
Northumbrian 1.87 1.25
North West 1.26 0.95
Severn-Trent 1.25 1.25
Southern 1.25 0.91
South West 1.47 1.26
Thames 1.25 0.50
Wessex 1.50 0.61
Yorkshire 1.25 1.00
Footnote:
The financial targets for the two years are not directly comparable, because of various technical adjustments effected in the 1983–84 Accounts.