§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of water supply disconnections in each of the five years prior to water privatisation for each water authority area in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 23 June 1992]: The information the hon. Member requests is set out in the table. Information on disconnections prior to privatisation was only collected by the Department for water authorities as part of the water authorities' annual charges returns. Information on statutory water company disconnections was not collected by the Department prior to 1988–89.