HC Deb 09 May 1988 vol 133 cc18-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give figures for the expenditure of 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. Ridley

The 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