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Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the dates of all unexpected tidal surges of more than a foot that have occurred in the Severn estuary during the past 10 years.
Mr. Grist
This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
| Grant earning ceilings—adjusted using PWNR1 to mid 1989–90 prices (mid 1990–91 estimated) | ||||||
| NRA Region/District | 1985–86 £ million | 1986–87 £ million | 1987–88 £ million | 1988–89 £ million | 1989–90 £ million | 1990–91 £ million |
| Anglian: | ||||||
| Essex | 2·03 | 2·87 | 5·04 | 5·42 | 3·20 | 2·33 |
| Great Ouse | 1·82 | 1·75 | 1·68 | 2·65 | 2·40 | 3·89 |
| Lincs | 4·20 | 4·54 | 4·39 | 4·68 | 6·10 | 7·29 |
| Norfolk-Suffolk | 1·61 | 2·13 | 3·49 | 3·49 | 3·65 | 3·99 |
| Welland and Nene | 2·38 | 2·10 | 1·68 | 1·50 | 1·32 | 1·36 |
| Northumbrian | 0·20 | 0·10 | 0·23 | 0·26 | 0·25 | 0·29 |
| North West | 3·05 | 1·58 | 1·49 | 1·65 | 1·40 | 2·14 |
| Severn Trent | 4·13 | 3·61 | 3·49 | 5·61 | 2·85 | 3·70 |
| Southern: | ||||||
| Hampshire | 0·43 | 0·00 | 0·19 | 0·06 | 0·38 | 1·17 |
| Isle of Wight | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·00 | 0·24 |
| Kent | 3·39 | 2·58 | 2·78 | 3·81 | 2·50 | 3·11 |
| Sussex | 1·50 | 2·95 | 27·00 | 24·50 | 1·12 | 2·04 |
| South West | 2·72 | 2·38 | 2·25 | 2·30 | 2·94 | 3·40 |
| Thames | 3·68 | 6·50 | 5·17 | 7·42 | 6·50 | 7·29 |
| Wessex: | ||||||
| Avon-Dorset | 0·75 | 0·68 | 0·99 | 1·20 | 1·50 | 1·26 |
| Bristol-Avon | 0·82 | 0·38 | 0·31 | 0·15 | 0·30 | 0·29 |
| Somerset | 2·98 | 2·91 | 2·93 | 2·31 | 1·80 | 1·94 |
| Yorkshire | 4·85 | 4·24 | 5·04 | 5·55 | 5·08 | 5·19 |
| Total | 40·54 | 41·32 | 48·15 | 52·57 | 43·28 | 50·95 |
| 1 Public works output price index for non-roads compiled by the Department of the Environment. | ||||||
| 2 Includes special allocation for Seaford sea defence scheme. | ||||||