HC Deb 11 May 1993 vol 224 c369W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what, for each of the last two years and for the current year, is the total operational cost of the Office of Water Services.

Mr. Maclean

Details of OFWAT's costs for 1991–92 and its budget for 1992–93 are contained in the director general's "Annual Report 1991", a copy of which is in the Library. The report records that in 1991–92 OFWAT's budget was £6.29 million, and for 1992–93 £7.52 million. £9.7 million has been voted in estimates—class VII, vote 9—to cover the expenditure of OFWAT for 1993–94.