§ 78. Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the average increase in water authority and statutory water rates from 1 April.
§ Mr. HowardI estimate that the average increase in all water charges is likely to be 9.8 per cent. for the water authorities and about 22 per cent. for the water companies. The average increase for all consumers is likely to be about 11 per cent. Information on the average rates levied on customers charged by rateable value is not yet available.