HC Deb 07 March 1990 vol 168 cc732-3W
Mr. Patrick Thompson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will publish a table showing a breakdown of the expenditure of Norwich city council since 1985–86 on its major areas of responsibility, set out in constant price terms;

(2) if he will publish a table showing a breakdown of the expenditure of Norfolk county council since 1985–86 on its major areas of responsibility, set out in constant price terms.

Mr. Chope

[holding answer 6 March 1990]: The information is as follows:

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

[holding answer 6 March 1990]: The results obtained over the course of the 1989 bathing season are as follows:

Date Total coliforms Number per 100 ml Faecal Coliforms Number per 100 ml
5 May 1989 31,000 5,200
19 May 1989 780,000 66,000
26 May 1989 2,800 1,800

Date Total coliforms Number per 100 ml Faecal Coliforms Number per 100 ml
2 June 1989 1,700 430
9 June 1989 51,000 51,000
16 June 1989 5,800 1,600
23 June 1989 14,000 4,300
30 June 1989 350 130
7 July 1989 13,500 9,400
21 July 1989 300,000 300,000
28 July 1989 12,000 5,600
11 August 1989 40,000 20,000
18 August 1989 2,700,000 1,220,000
24 August 1989 4,600 2,500
1 September 1989 132,000 14,000
7 September 1989 24,900 1,500
8 September 1989 25,000 5,400
14 September 1989 38,000 5,700
15 September 1989 95,000 21,000
21 September 1989 260 120
22 September 1989 1,200,000 4,100,000
28 September 1989 74,000 37,000
29 September 1989 9,700 2,100

The mandatory standards set in directive 76/160/EEC are 10,000 per 100 mls for total coliforms and 2,000 per 100 mls for faecal coliforms. Northumbrian Water plc has plans to improve the bathing waters at Seaton Carew to ensure that they consistently meet the coliform standards.