asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what capital expenditure limits he has placed on water authorities over the next five years.

None. the forward provision for regional water authorities contained in the last public expenditure White Paper (Cmnd. 8494) was as follows:

Year	£ million
1983–84	662
1984–85	701

In future, public expenditure planning for water authorities will be effected through external financing limits, and the figures for 1983–84 were announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 November.—[Vol. 31, c. 313–325.] the figures for later years will be published in the public expenditure White Paper.