HC Deb 22 March 1976 vol 908 c43W
Mr. Ridsdale

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the percentage increase in water rate last year for the Tendring district, in comparison with other districts in England and Wales.

Mr. Denis Howell

The increase in the water rate charged by the Tendring Hundred Waterworks Company, with effect from 1st July 1975, was about 37 per cent. The average increase of water rate poundage in England and Wales for the year 1975–76 compared with the previous year was about 40 per cent.