§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what information his Department holds on the number of households in each local authority area that have lead pipes through which drinking water flows.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe most recent available information is from the 1981 Welsh house condition survey. Estates, for each county, of the number of dwellings with a lead service pipe to the cold water tap in the kitchen are shown in the following table. District information is not available.
Number Clwyd 19,600 Dyfed 12,800 Gwent 13,300 Gwynedd 6,600 Mid Glamorgan 34,800 Powys 4,300 South Glamorgan 65,600 West Glamorgan 33,500 Information on lead water pipes is currently being collected in the Welsh house condition survey for 1993, the results of which will be available around the end of the year.