§ Mr. Robin Cookasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing (a) the percentage increase in domestic water rates for each year since 1979 for each English regional water authority and the overall average, (b) the cumulative percentage increase since 1979 for each English water authority and the overall average and (c) the 505W average domestic water rates bill per household for each year since 1979 for each English regional water authority and the overall average.
English water authorities average household bills and percentage increases Combined all services, £ cash Water authority 1979–80 1980–81 Percentage 1981–82 Percentage 1982–83 Percentage 1983–84 Percentage 1984–85 Percentage 1985–86 Percentage Change 1979–80 to 1985–86 (percentage) NorthWest 37.90 46.80 23.5 54.69 16.9 59.86 9.7 63.16 5.5 68.25 8.1 77.57 13.7 104.67 Northumbrian 33.94 41.95 23.6 49.19 17.3 56.86 16.0 64.52 13.5 75.22 16.6 80.38 6.9 136.83 Severn Trent 40.51 48.99 20.9 56.78 15.9 62.44 7.4 64.63 3.5 67.88 5.0 76.16 12.2 88.00 Yorkshire 39.36 49.04 24.6 57.21 16.7 65.30 14.1 68.78 5.3 72.64 5.6 82.30 13.3 109.10 Anglian 48.83 63.01 29.0 75.08 19.2 82.66 11.9 87.80 6.2 93.96 7.0 105.98 12.8 117.04 Thames 38.62 47.82 23.8 54.47 13.9 60.77 13.5 66.74 9.8 73.41 7.6 80.75 10.0 109.09 Southern 43.80 56.60 29.2 67.00 18.4 74.40 11.0 78.36 5.3 82.30 5.0 91.72 11.4 109.41 Wessex 57.22 65.44 14.4 72.87 11.4 78.49 7.5 81.56 3.9 85.59 4.9 95.35 11.4 66.64 South West 54.57 66.72 22.3 75.22 12.7 81.24 8.6 87.96 8.3 93.48 6.3 104.59 11.9 91.66 English averages 41.47 51.37 23.9 59.47 15.8 66.01 11.0 70.92 7.4 75.73 6.8 84.56 11.7 103.91