§ Mr. Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report the percentage increase in water rate in the area covered by the North-West Regional Water Authority, and in the area covered by the Macclesfield constituency, for each year since 1970.
§ Mr. Denis HowellAlthough water re-organisation makes it impossible to provide precisely comparable figures, the percentage increases in the area as a whole were as follows:
Per cent. 1971–72 11.4 1972–73 6.2 1973–74 -0.2* 1974–75 32.8 1975–76 53.4 The corresponding figures for the Macclesfield water unit—figures for the Macclesfield constituency are not available—were:
Per cent 1971–72 -0.7 1972–73 -5.1 1973–74 -17.0 1974–75 0.0 1975–76 77.5 Revealuation