§ Mr. Clayasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table showing the average household bill for water rates for each regional water authority in Northern Ireland for each year separately between 1979 and 1987.
§ Mr. Needham[pursuant to his reply, 13 July 1987]: A separate water bill is not levied in Northern Ireland, but is subsumed in the regional rate levied at a uniform poundage across the Province. From 1983–84 onward, 428W however, it is possible to identify the portion of the regional rate attributable to provision of water and sewerage services, and the implied average rate demand per household for these years is shown in the table.
Average household water and sewerage rate demand Year £ 1983–84 61.65 1984–85 67.85 1985–86 70.74 1986–87 71.60 1987–88 77.15