HC Deb 07 March 1990 vol 168 c725W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the beaches which are designated under the EC directive of 1975 which were not monitored for salmonella and enteriditis in 1989.

Mr. Trippier

On 25 January I announced that a detailed summary of the results of the 1989 survey of United Kingdom bathing waters identified under the European Economic Community bathing water directive would be placed in the Library,Official Report, 25 January 1990, column 785. This includes numbers of samples taken for the salmonella and enterovirus parameters and the number of these which failed to meet the directive's mandatory standards, at each bathing water.

England per cent. Wales per cent. Scotland per cent.
(a) 1986
Owner occupied, owned outright 25 36 14
Owner occupied, with mortgage 39 31 28
Rented with job or business 2 3 3
Rented from local authority or New Town 24 21 49
Rented from housing association or co-operative 2 1 2
Rented privately, unfurnished 5 6 3
Rented privately, furnished 2 2 1
Number Number Number
Base (number of households) = 100 per cent. 8,720 492 973
per cent. per cent. per cent.
(b) 1987
Owner occupied, owned outright 24 34 14
Owner occupied, with mortgage 41 29 28
Rented with job or business 2 3 3
Rented from local authority or New Town 23 25 50
Rented from housing association or co-operative 3 2 1
Rented privately, unfurnished 4 6 3
Rented privately, furnished 2 1 1
Number Number Number
Base (number of households) = 100 per cent. 8,842 518 939

Sample sizes for Wales and Scotland are small and, in those two countries, changes in the percentages between the two years are not statistically significant.

Results are not yet available from more recent surveys and the Department does not make such forecasts.

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