HC Deb 11 December 1989 vol 163 c495W
Mr. Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what further progress he has made with the water share offers.

Mr. Howard

[pursuant to his reply, 22 November 1989, c. 3]: The water share offers closed on 6 December. The United Kingdom public offers were 5.7 times subscribed in aggregate, triggering both overseas and institutional clawback in each of the offers. This represents a very satisfactory outcome.

I have placed in the Library of the House details of the allocation of shares to applicants.