§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish a table showing percentage increases from measured consumers—including standing 333W charges, volume charges and trade effluent charges—for each of the water authorities in England and Wales for the period from the inception of the authorities to the current year.
§ Mr. Giles ShawI regret that information concerning average increases in charges to measured consumers is not available in the form requested.
However, information concerning rates of charges made by water authorities to measured consumers, for water supply and sewerage services, including trade effluent, have been published for the last three years by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in its annual publication "Water Services Charges Statistics". I shall send my hon. Friend a copy of the latest edition and arrange for copies to be placed in the Library in due course.