HC Deb 31 October 1989 vol 159 c132W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total of central Government grant in each of the past 10 financial years for the replacement of lead piping.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 26 October 1989]: Information is not held centrally on the element of grants for house improvements relating to the replacement of lead piping. However about 58,000 grants which included lead plumbing replacement were made in the period 1982–88 inclusive.