§ Ms. GordonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the number of disconnections of domestic water supply during the current year broken down into(a) standard region, (b) utility region and (c) local authority district.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Director General of Water Services published on 16 November, data on disconnections for the six-month period from 1 April to 30 September 1992. The table shows domestic disconnections broken down by reference to OFWAT customer service committee regions, which correspond to the areas of the water and sewerage undertakers, and by water company area. Data on disconnections by local authority district are not available.
(a) Disconnections by CSC area (Domestic) Region Central 1,397 Eastern 453 North West 354 Northumbria 219 South West 180 Southern 2,252 Thames 1,217 Wales 1,072 Wessex 135 Yorkshire 1,005 205W
(b) Disconnections by Water Company area (Domestic) Company Anglian 87 Bournemouth and West Hampshire 23 Bristol 16 Cambridge 153 Chester 71 Cholderton 0 Dwr Cymru 995 East Surrey 40 East Worcestershire 3 Essex 115 Folkestone and Dover 92 Hatlepools 37 Mid Kent 0 Mid Southern 56 North East 2 North Surrey 2 North West 354
Company Northumbrian 180 Portsmouth 85 Severn Trent 567 South East 120 South Staffordshire 827 South West 180 Southern 1,955 Suffolk 36 Sutton 26 Tendring Hundred 62 Thames 423 Three Valleys 670 Wessex 96 Wrexham and East Denbighshire 6 York 62 Yorkshire 943 All Companies 8,284 Source: OFWAT News Release 31/92.