HC Deb 14 December 1988 vol 143 cc618-9W
39. Mr. Brandon-Bravo

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the change in the level of capital expenditure by the water industry between 1979–80 and 1988–89.

42. Mr. Iain Mills

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the change in the level of capital expenditure by the water industry between(a) 1974–75 and 1979–80, and (b) 1980–81 and to date.

Mr. Moynihan

Capital expenditure on DOE services, in real terms, decreased by 33 per cent. between 1974–75 and 1979–80, and increased by 52 per cent. from 1979–80 to the present.