§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what information is held by OFWAT as to the percentage of domestic houses that have a water meter installed, region by region, at the most recent date for which information is available and the same date 12 months perviously.
§ Mr. MacleanThe information is not available by region. Information for each water company for 1991–92 is676W shown in the table. For similar information for 1992–93, I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. Burden) on 2 April, Official Report, column 521.
Water Company Metered Supply Households Proportion Percentage (000) Anglian Water Services Ltd 30 2.1 Bournemouth and West Hampshire Water Company 4 2.5 Bristol Water plc 10 2.5 Cambridge Water Company 3 3.0 Chester Waterworks Company 1 2.3 Cholderton and District Water Company Ltd <1 1.5 Dwr Cymru Cyfyngedig 29 2.8 East Surrey Water plc 2 1.6 East Worcester Water plc1 13 14.7 Essex Water plc 6 1.1 Folkestone and Dover Water Services Ltd 1 1.6 Hartlepools Water Company <1 0.1 Mid Kent Water plc 3 1.5 Mid Southern Water plc 8 3.2 North East Water plc 3 0.6 North Surrey Water Ltd 7 4.0 North West Water Ltd 29 1.1 Northumbrian Water Ltd 1 0.2 Portsmouth Water plc < 1 0.1 Severn Trent Water Ltd 94 3.6 South East Water Ltd 7 3.0 South Staffordshire Water plc 9 1.9 South West Water Services Ltd 19 3.4 Southern Water Services Ltd 84 9.9 Suffolk Water plc 3 3.1 Sutton District Water plc <1 0.3 Tendring Hundred Water Services Ltd 2 3.5 Thames Water Utilities Ltd 72 2.5 Three Valleys Water Services plc 16 1.8 Wessex Water Services Ltd 16 3.9 Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company 2 3.6 York Waterworks plc <1 0.1 Yorkshire Water Services Ltd 29 1.7 England and Wales 503 2.6 1> For 1992–93, figures for East Worcester Water plc have been included with those for Severn Trent Water Ltd. NoteProportions may not tally exactly due to rounding.