§ Dr. CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of water disconnections for each regional water authority for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. RidleyThe information requested by the hon. Member is set out in the following table. Information on disconnections in 1988–89 is not yet available. Information on disconnections by the Welsh water authority is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales.
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Water authority disconnections Authority 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 North West 110 238 457 448 Northumbrian 70 59 300 480 Severn Trent 650 1,074 1,000 932
Authority 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 Yorkshire 25 189 293 560 Anglian 218 774 2,268 1,586 Thames 788 235 576 1,594 Southern 115 1,249 1,152 1,164 Wessex 0 0 0 32 South West 76 404 404 324 England 2,052 4,212 6,450 7,120 There were approximately 6,600 water authority disconnections for non-payment in 1981–82.