HC Deb 08 March 1990 vol 168 c797W
Sir David Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what the grant payment from central Government was under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts 1944 to 1970 and the Industrial Development Act 1982 for water supplies to England in the last and current financial years.

Mr. Trippier

The amounts paid under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Acts in respect of water supply schemes are as follows:

1988–89 £ 1 1989–90 £
215,403 84,989
1 to 5 March 1990

The majority of schemes supported by the Department under the Industrial Development Act 1982 contain both water supply and sewerage works and it is not possible to separate out the amounts paid in respect of water supply. The total amounts paid by the Department under the Act are as follows:

1988–89 £ 11989–90 £
1,245,864 1,713,972
1 to 5 March 1990