§ Sir David SteelTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the total Government expenditure has been on water supplies in Scotland in the last, and current, financial years; and what these sums represent per head of population.
§ Mr. RifkindExpenditure on water supplies in Scotland is met by regional and islands councils, as the water authorities, and paid for by consumers. Grant payments from central Government, made under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts 1944–70 and the Industrial Development Act 1982, for water supplies in 1988–89 amounted to £4.420 million (£0.87 per head); in 1989–90 grant payments to January 1990 were £4.155 million (£0.82 per head).