§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for the expenditure of 19W his Department on (a) local environmental services, (b) water-related services and (c) total environmental services, excluding housing, for each year since 1974 for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RidleyThe figures are shown in the table. They cover only voted expenditure by my Department on environmental and water-related services which is currently shown on class X, Votes 1 and 2, of the Supply Estimates.
The figures include grants towards local authorities' expenditure, grants-in-aid to statutory environmental
Year Local environmental services £ million Water related services £ million Total environmental services £ million 1974–75 5.6 7.2 37.6 1975–76 9.6 11.0 44.1 1976–77 3.0 14.6 36.2 1977–78 11.9 28.5 44.7 1978–79 15.8 34.9 62.8 1979–80 29.7 34.9 76.3 1980–81 32.5 40.0 81.7 1981–82 21.2 46.1 69.2 1982–83 32.7 53.6 101.2 1983–84 20.3 57.9 96.5 1984–85 23.0 55.9 109.4 1985–86 14.4 55.3 118.3 1986–87 14.1 62.6 139.2