§ Lord Moynihanasked Her Majesty's Government:
What level of funding is required to bring leisure facilities on the River Thames up to the standard required to meet health and safety regulations. [HL3707]
§ Lord WhittyThe Environment Agency, the navigation authority for the non-tidal Thames, estimates that £37.5 million is required to be spent on its navigation assets on the river to meet health and safety needs in the next six years.
The department's spending review (SR04) settlement has now been announced. Thames 94WA navigation health and safety needs will be considered as part of the agency's 2005–2008 corporate planning process currently underway to determine priorities for funding within the Defra SR04 settlement.
No figures are available for the tidal Thames.