HC Deb 11 November 1996 vol 285 cc10-1W
Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many kilometres of water mains were(a) renewed and (b) relined in each area in England and Wales in each of the 10 years immediately before the privatisation of the water industry; and how much has been (i) renewed and (ii) relined in each year since privatisation. [1887]

Mr. Clappison

[pursuant to his reply, 5 November 1996, c. 465–66]: The figures contained in column 1 (1994–95) represented a five-year span from 1990–91 to 1994–95 rather than just the financial year 1994–95. The figures included for 1994–95 are also subject to verification. The following tables have therefore been amended accordingly:

Water mains relined (km)
Company 1990–91 to 94–95 1995–96
Anglian 147 0
Dwr Cymru 487 64
North West 186 0
Northumbrian1 1,219 145
Severn Trent 5,202 407
South West 905 156
Southern 162 30
Thames 316 129
Wessex 197 78
Yorkshire 785 167
Bournemouth and West Hants 0 0
Bristol 31 9
Cambridge 12 0
Chester 0 0
Essex and Suffolk 79 55
Folkestone and Dover 131 13
Water mains relined (km)
Company 1990–91 to 94–95 1995–96
Hartlepool 8 0
Mid Kent 6 0
Mid Southern 13 50
North Surrey 0 0
Portsmouth 1 7
South east 561 81
South Staffs 2 0
Sutton and east Surrey 24 0
Tendring Hundred 49 17
Three Valleys 16 22
Wrexham 100 4
York 0 0
Water mains relined (km)
Company 1990–91 to 94–95 1995–96
Anglian 1,889 518
Dwr Cymru 907 429
North West 2,470 612
Northumbria 1 612 149
Severn Trent 2,236 499
South West 179 10
Southern 123 27
Thames 144 15
Wessex 280 84
Yorkshire 699 114
Bournemouth and West Hants 29 23
Bristol 83 3
Cambridge 91 17
Chester 15 2
Essex and Suffolk 42 117
Folkestone and Dover 3 1
Hartlepool 14 3
Mid Kent 178 4
Mid Southern 104 20
North Surrey 25 8
Portsmouth 179 36
South East 113 38
South Staffs 220 102
Sutton and East Surrey 170 22
Tendring Hundred 34 8
Three Valleys 151 49
Wrexham 43 5
York 16 2
1 Figures for Northumbrian include those of north-east following their merger in 1996.

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