§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the water rates for measured and non-measured supplies immediately prior to and after the operation of the Water Act 1973 for each county in England.
§ Mr. Denis Howell,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 24th May 1974; Vol. 874, c. 376–7], gave the following information:
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Non-measured supplies pence in £ Measured supplies pence per 1,000 gallons Water Authority Water divisions/water company areas 1973–74 1974–75 1973–74 1974–75 Colne Valley Water Company 2.7 3.3 25.0 31.5 East Surrey Water Company 4.2 5.2 32.5 32.5 Lee Valley Water Company 3.1 3.57 25.0 30.6 Mid Southern Water Company 3.125 3.5 23.0 25.75 Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Company 2.78 3.3 21.5 23.09 Sutton District Water Company 2.0 2.2 20.0 22.0 North Surrey Water Company 2.9 3.3 24.5 29.2 Croydon 1.6 2.9 21.0 28.3 Epsom and Ewell 1.5 1.9 12.0 17.0 Swindon 2.96 5.5 22.0 30.5 North West … Bolton 4.4 5.8 22.0 27.6 Calder 6.4 8.2 22.5 31.3 Carlisle 3.25 4.2 17.5 22.4 Eden 4.1 5.74 19.0 25.0 Furness 4.0 5.7 15.0 21.8 Fylde 3.8 5.0 18.4 22.4 Lakes and Lune 4.0 4.8 18.0 18.0 Liverpool 3.5 5.1 18.5 23.5 Lune Valley 4.4 5.9 19.0 27.3 Macclesfield and District 4.0 4.0 27.0 27.0 Makerfield 6.5 8.4 22.0 31.9 Manchester 3.4 5.0 22.73 30.9 Mid Cheshire 2.9 2.9 17.0 17.0 North Calder 6.25 6.25 22.5 22.5 Preston and District 3.5 5.1 18.0 24.7 St. Helens 6.08 6.9 22.0 32.2 South Cumberland 5.2 7.6 11.25 16.4 Stockport and District 3.4 4.6 19.5 28.3 Warrington, Runcorn and District 3.0 4.37 16.7 20.2 West Cumberland 6.7 9.6 21.0 27.8 West Pennine 5.6 7.4 23.5 31.8 Widnes 1.2 1.65 11.0 16.0 Wirral 2.7 3.8 17.5 23.9 West Lancashire 4.6 6.1 25.0 36.3 Anglian … North Lindsey 2.3 3.3 19.0 25.0 North East Lincolnshire 4.4 4.9 15.6 17.8 Lincoln and District 2.9 4.2 17.3 25.5 Kesteven 5.4 7.6 25.0 40.0 East Lincolnshire 5.3 7.6 24.0 34.3 South Lincolnshire 4.3 6.8 20.0 31.6 North West Norfolk 3.5 6.0 19.5 32.0 Norwich 3.0 5.3 25.0 44.8 Wisbech and District 3.3 5.2 20.0 30.0 South Norfolk 5.5 7.8 29.0 41.0 Nene and Ouse 5.9 8.4 30.0 49.3 Ely, Mildenhall and Newmarket 3.8 5.5 17.5 28.1 West Suffolk 3.2 5.0 20.0 31.9 Ipswich 2.8 4.3 20.0 31.0 Buckinghamshire 4.3 6.8 30.0 49.5 Buckingham 3.0 4.6 25.0 37.0 Bedfordshire 4.2 5.9 22.5 31.4 Colchester and District 3.9 5.5 34.0 48.0 Cambridge Water Company 2.8 3.0 24.0 24.0 East Anglian Water Company 3.92 4.12 23.63 23.63 Essex Waterworks Company 3.76 4.3 31.5 31.5 Tendring Hundred Waterworks Company 5.2 5.72 41.25 41.25 Southern … Brighton 1.88 2.66 15.45 20.45 North West Sussex 4.8 8.6 24.0 44.3 Medway 3.4 7.5 16.0 33.5 Isle of Wight 3.5 4.9 16.0 24.6 Worthing 2.0 3.0 12.5 21.9 Hastings 4.4 7.4 20.0 53.8 Southampton 2.9 3.9 17.0 21.4 Thanet 2.6 5.4 16.0 26.0 Winchester 2.3 3.9 15.0 21.4 Eastbourne Waterworks Company 5.84 61.4 41.5 43.0 Folkestone and District Water Company 7.5 7.5 21.25 30.0
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Non-measured supplies pence in £ Measured supplies pence per 1,000 gallons Water Authority Water divisions/water company areas 1973–74 1974–75 1973–74 1974–75 Mid Kent Water Company 6.0 6.0 28.0 32.0 Mid Sussex Water Company 5.0 5.0 30.0 37.5 Portsmouth Water Company 2.8 3.36 16.25 16.25 West Kent Water Company 4.5 5.2 30.0 36.0 Severn-Trent … Birmingham 2.1 2.9 17.5 23.9 Central Nottinghamshire 3.3 5.0 17.6 26.9 Coventry 2.8 3.6 20.0 29.0 East Shropshire 4.5 6.2 20.0 25.9 Leicester 4.0 5.2 26.5 33.2 North Derbyshire 5.4 7.4 23.0 33.4 North East Warwickshire 4.6 6.3 22.0 29.4 North West Gloucestershire 5.1 7.1 28.0 30.1 North West Leicestershire 3.5 4.8 30.0 38.0 North West Worcestershire 2.7 3.6 15.0 21.8 Nottingham 2.7 50.1 14.6 21.1 Rugby 7.0 8.4 32.5 46.3 South Derbyshire 4.1 5.4 17.18 27.1 South Warwickshire 3.36 4.4 24.0 31.5 South West Worcestershire 4.0 6.0 28.75 42.6 Stafford 2.3 3.2 15.0 22.4 Staffordshire Potteries 4.2 5.9 22.0 31.2 West Shropshire 5.0 7.2 20.0 26.7 Wolverhampton 2.5 3.7 22.5 32.9 East Worcestershire Waterworks Company 5.5 5.5 30.0 33.0 South Staffordshire Waterworks Company. 3.6 3.6 23.0 23.0 Northumbrian … Darlington 2.0 3.0 11.5 16.7 Durham County 6.0 7.5 24.0 24.5 Tees Valley and Cleveland 4.2 6.2 20.0 24.5 Tynemouth 2.8 3.9 — — Hartlepools Water Company 3.8 3.8 14.0 14.0 Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company 4.0 4.5 22.5 22.5 Sunderlandand South Shields Water Company 6.0 6.2 22.5 25.0 Yorkshire … Barnsley 5.6 7.2 20.00 33.50 Bradford 5.6 9.4 26.00 39.00 Calderdale 5.7 9.2 17.50 34.74 Claro 3.9 5.54 15.00 29.00 Craven 5.1 9.4 25.00 39.00 Doncaster and District 3.4 4.7 14.00 18.36 East Yorkshire (Wolds Area) 4.5 4.57 19.55 20.15 Huddersfield 7.0 10.4 24.10 34.74 Kingston upon Hull 2.8 4.57 12.50 20.15 Leeds 3.65 5.54 21.00 29.00 Mid Calder 7.7 10.4 20.90 34.74 Northallerton and the Dales 5.0 5.54 23.00 29.00 Norton 1.5 7.39 4.00 11.00 Pontefract, Goole and Selby 4.0 4.7 17.50 18.36 Rawmarsh 5.4 7.2 20.00 33.50 Rotherham 4.8 7.2 22.50 33.50 Rombalds 6.0 9.4 26.00 39.00 Ryedale 6.6 7.39 22.70 30.00 Scarborough 5.6 7.39 27.75 30.00 Sheffield 4.6 7.2 22.50 33.50 Wakefield and District 7.5 10.4 29.00 34.74 York Waterworks Company 3.8 4.0 13.50 18.80 South West … East Devon 6.1 7.8 28.0 36.8 North and Mid Cornwall 4.5 8.3 20.0 34.8 Plymouth 3.3 5.0 15.8 23.8 South Cornwall 5.1 8.4 22.9 23.8 South West Devon 4.0 5.4 25.0 32.3 North Devon 4.5 11.2 21.6 51.0 East Cornwall 3.5 11.5 22.5 51.0 West Cornwall 5.0 7.5 20.0 28.8
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Non-measured supplies Measured supplies Water Authority Water divisions/water company areas pence in £ pence per 1,000 gallons 1973–74 1974–75 1973–74 1974–75 Welsh National Water Development Authority Hereford 4.6 13.8 20.0 50.0 Wessex Bath 4.9 7.0 25.0 43.0 North Wiltshire 3.8 5.6 17.5 27.5 Wessex 4.0 5.6 25.0 35.0 West Somerset 5.2 5.8 27.35 34.6 South Wiltshire 3.4 5.4 17.5 27.5 West Wiltshire 6.0 6.6 20.0 28.0 Dorset 2.6 4.2 14.25 22.25 Bournemouth and District Water Company 2.85 3.06 18.75 18.75 Bristol Waterworks Company 5.76 6.68 31.5 31.5 West Hampshire Water Company 1.86 20.6 18.34 18.34