HC Deb 24 February 1972 vol 831 c353W
Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total extraction of water from Lake Vyrnwy by the Liverpool Corporation in the last year for which figures are available.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The quantity of water extracted from Lake Vyrnwy by Liverpool Corporation during the year ended 31st December, 1970. amounted to 81,838 megalitres. Of this total, 523 megalitres were supplied to consumers in North Wales. For information, 4.546 megalitres equals 1 million gallons.

1968 1969 1970 1971 (January—September only)
England and Wales 4,584 4,326 3,940 2,972
Northern Region 277 248 246 Not available

In 1970 these figures represented mortality rates per million living of 80 in England and Wales and 73 in the Northern Region.