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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how much public money has been spent by the Environment Agency on (a) the River Wye Navigation Order application under the Transport and Works Act 1992 since the lodging of the application in April 1986 and (b) the River Wye Navigation Bye-Laws under the Water Resources Act 1991 application, since the lodging of the application in October 1994; and if he will make a statement. [46960] Angela Eagle: The costs incurred by the Environment Agency and its predecessor body, the National Rivers Authority (NRA), in promoting an Order to become the navigation authority on the Rivers Wye and Lugg amount to approximately £450,000 since 1995 when the proposals were first put forward. The majority of these costs were incurred in preparing for and conducting the public inquiry following objections to the application submitted to the Secretaries of State for the Environment and for Wales in March 1996. The costs incurred by the Agency and the NRA since the submission of the application for the confirmation of the River Wye Navigation Byelaws in September 1994 is approximately £114,000. The majority of these costs were incurred in preparing for and conducting a public inquiry into this application which ran immediately after the inquiry into the navigation authority application.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

314 c369W; 46960

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Costs Byelaws Environment Agency Navigation National Rivers Authority Public inquiries Public finance Rivers Statutory instruments River Wye River Lugg

Contains statistics

Yes