§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the most recent available figure for the amount of income per annum generated by water authorities selling information about their customers to private agencies.
§ Mr. MoynihanI have no such information.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that the practice of certain water authorities in selling information about their customers to outside agencies is in the interest of the authorities' consumers.
§ Mr. MoynihanNone. Like other bodies, water authorities are subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act.