HC Deb 21 November 1985 vol 87 cc260-1W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) for each water authority in England in cash and real terms since 1979, taking that as the base year (i) the water rate, (ii) the percentage change in water rate, (iii) capital expenditure and (iv) the percentage change in capital expenditure and (b) for all local water authorities in England in cash and real terms since 1979, taking that as the base year (1) the average water rate and percentage change and (2) the total capital expenditure and percentage change.

Mr. John Patten

The information requested by the hon. Member is as follows:

Water Authority 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 Percentage change 1979–80 to 1985–86
£ p £ p £ p £ p £ p £ p £ p
Severn Trent 40.51 48.99 56.78 62.44 64.63 67.88 76.16 88.0
Yorkshire 39.36 49.04 57.21 65.30 68.78 72.64 82.30 109.1
Anglian 48.83 63.01 75.08 82.66 87.80 93.96 105.98 117.0
Thames 38.62 47.82 54.47 60.77 66.74 73.41 80.75 109.1
Southern 43.80 56.60 67.00 74.40 78.36 82.30 91.72 109.4
Wessex 57.22 65.44 72.87 78.49 81.56 85.59 95.35 66.6
South West 54.57 66.72 75.22 81.24 87.96 93.48 104.59 91.7
English Averages 41.47 51.37 59.47 66.01 70.92 75.73 84.56 103.9
1979–80 Prices*
Combined all services
North West 37.90 40.23 42.22 43.09 43.45 44.70 48.16 27.1
Northumbrian 33.94 36.07 37.97 40.93 44.39 49.27 49.90 47.0
Severn Trent 40.51 42.12 43.83 44.94 44.46 44.46 47.28 16.7
Yorkshire 39.36 42.16 44.16 47.00 47.32 47.58 51.10 29.8
Anglian 48.83 54.17 57.95 59.50 60.40 61.54 65.80 34.7
Thames 38.62 41.11 42.05 43.74 45.92 48.08 50.13 29.8
Southern 43.80 48.66 51.72 53.55 53.91 53.90 56.94 30.0
Wessex 57.22 56.26 56.25 56.50 56.11 56.06 59.20 3.5
South West 54.57 57.36 58.06 58.48 60.51 61.23 64.93 19.0
English Averages 41.47 44.16 45.90 47.51 48.79 49.60 52.50 26.6
* Deflated by RPI.

Water authorities capital investment (excluding land drainage) £million cash
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86† Per cent. change 1979–80—1985–86
North-west 84.2 92.5 88.5 108.3 132.1 146.7 160.0 90.0
Northumbrian 61.0 59.1 37.7 37.7 32.0 26.9 32.5 -46.7
Severn-Trent 75.8 98.7 97.0 139.6 114.8 106.7 117.0 54.4
Yorkshire 56.4 76.4 73.8 71.3 77.4 93.2 99.5 76.4
Anglian 61.8 80.2 93.7 90.4 113.2 93.0 103.3 67.2
Thames 70.6 78.7 79.9 94.7 112.4 104.3 109.0 54.4
Southern 46.0 47.2 50.1 50.1 58.3 56.8 61.4 33.5
Wessex 24.7 24.8 29.6 31.8 40.0 36.7 48.2 95.1
South-west 18.5 21.1 21.2 25.4 29.6 39.2 37.0 100.0
England 499.0 578.7 571.5 649.3 709.8 703.5 767.9 53.9

Water authorities' capital investment (excluding land drainage) £million 1979–80 prices*
1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86† Per cent. change 1979–80—1985–86
North-west 84.2 74.4 70.6 87.8 107.5 116.4 120.9 43.6
Northumbrian 61.0 47.5 30.1 30.6 26.0 21.3 24.6 -59.8
Severn-Trent 75.8 79.4 77.3 113.1 93.4 84.7 88.4 16.6
Yorkshire 56.4 61.4 58.8 57.8 63.0 74.0 75.2 33.3
Anglian 61.8 64.5 74.7 73.3 92.1 73.8 78.0 26.3
Thames 70.6 63.3 63.7 76.8 91.5 82.8 82.3 16.6
Southern 46.0 38.0 39.9 40.6 47.4 45.1 46.4 .8
Wessex 24.7 19.9 23.6 25.8 32.5 29.1 36.4 47.4
South-west 18.5 17.0 16.9 20.6 24.1 31.1 28.0 51.1
England 499.0 465.4 455.7 526.3 577.5 558.2 580.1 16.3
* Deflated by Public Works Non-Road (PWNR) output price index
† Figures for 1985–86 from authorities' latest monitoring returns