§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisleasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and food what is the level of precept levied on relevant local authorities by regional water authorities under section 46 of the Land Drainage Act 1976 for each local land drainage district in England; and what was the total sum of money paid by each local authority in the latest year for which this information is available.
§ Mrs. FennerThe level of precepts levied on relevant local authorities by English regional water authorities under section 46 of the Land Drainage Act 1976 for each local land drainage district were as follows:
English regional water authority land drainage precepts levied in 1983–84 £ Anglian water authority Essex Local Land Drainage District Cambridgeshire 4,867 Essex 4,370,183 Suffolk 340,654 Havering London Borough 64,296 4,780,000 Great Ouse Local Land Drainage District Bedfordshire 451,168 Buckinghamshire 312,973 Cambridgeshire 763,033 Essex 30,794 Hertfordshire 172,593 Norfolk 321,655 Northamptonshire 52,870 Oxfordshire 3,341 Suffolk 214,673 4,673