§ Mr. MallonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total number of incidents where domestic water supply has been disconnected in each constituency in Northern Ireland, in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. AtkinsThe water supplied to a property which is used solely for domestic purposes is not metered and is not subject to disconnection for non-payment of an account.
The water supply to a property which has mixed domestic and other use may be metered and would be subject to disconnection where an account remains unpaid.
A number of metered supplies which include a domestic content have been disconnected during 1992. Details are shown in the table.
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DOE (NI) water executive division and sub-division Number of disconnections Northern Coleraine 4 Ballymena 6 Cookstown 1 Antrim 6 Magherafelt 1
DOE (NI) water executive division and sub-division Number of disconnections Total 18 Southern Armagh 7 Dungannon 11 Craigavon 2 Newry 1 Total 21 Eastern Lisburn 7 Downpatrick 5 Total 12 Western Enniskillen 2 Omagh 16 Total 18 Grant total 69 Information on disconnections is not held by parliamentary constituency and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.