§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of disconnections for non-payment in the year to April 1989 for each of the water authorities and statutory water companies in England and Wales.
§ Mr. HowardThe information requested by my hon. Friend regarding the English water authorities and statutory water companies is contained in the following table. Any request for information on the Welsh water authority, the Chester waterworks company and the Wrexham and East Denbighshire water company should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Disconnections in 1988–89(Domestic and non-domestic) 1988–89 Authorities Anglian 1,880 Northumbrian 870 North West 779 Severn Trent 1,101 Southern 1,354 South West 100 Thames 935 Wessex 73 Yorkshire 999 Water companies Bournemouth 13 Bristol 108 Cambridge 177 Cholderton n/a Colne Valley 141 East Anglia 16 Eastbourne 10 East Surrey 120 East Worcestershire 15 Essex 1,109 Folkestone 120 Hartlepool 120 Lee Valley 420 Mid Kent 20 Mid Sussex 20 Mid Southern 573 Newcastle 558 North Surrey 110 Portsmouth n/a Rickmansworth 126 South Staffordshire 1,790 Sunderland 70 Sutton District 11 Tendering Hundred 30 West Hampshire 110 West Kent 0 York 79 n/a—Not available.