§ Mr. HainTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give figures for the number of disconnections of domestic water supply for each year since 1987.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information the hon. Member requested is set out in the following table. Separate data for domestic disconnections are not available for 1987–88 and 1988–89. Information on statutory water company disconnections was not collected prior to 1988–89.
Disconnections by water companies in Wales1 Number Domestic and non-domestic disconnections 21987–88 2,067 1988–89 1,249 Domestic disconnections 1989–90 1,356 1990–91 1,305 1991–92 2,951 31992–93 1,072 1 Dwr Cymru Cyf, Chester Waterworks Company and Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company. 2 Excluding Chester Waterworks Company and Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Company. 3 Half year ended 30 September 1992.