§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment whether, further to his answer of 19 April about average domestic water rate bills,Official Report, column 233, the relevant data for 1989–90 are now available.
§ Mr. HowardThe average domestic water rate bill in the Thames water authority area for 1989–90 is £100.80; The average bill for all water authorities is £119.00. That represents a real increase of 33.6 per cent. in the average bill in the Thames area, and 45.2 per cent. nationally, since 1979–80.