Northumbrian Water Authority

HC Deb 08 November 1989 vol 159 cc705-6W

Mr. Devlin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give the capital spending of the Northumbrian water authority for each year since 1983 and the total spending planned over the next five years.

Mr. Howard

Northumbrian Water Group plc estimates that expenditure required in 1990–95 by the investment programme which was taken into account in setting K will amount to £540 million at November 1989 prices. Northumbrian water authority's capital expenditure since 1983, taken from the authority's annual report and accounts and repriced, was as follows:—

Northumbrian Capital Expenditure 1982–83 to 1988–89
£ million (1988–89 prices)
	DOE services	Land drainage
1982–83	49.1	0.2
1983–84	41.9	0.2
1984–85	34.3	0.3
1985–86	47.2	0.2
1986–87	42.8	0.3
1987–88	44.1	0.2
1988–89	41.2	0.2