Water and Sewerage Companies

HC Deb 14 March 1995 vol 256 c535W

Mrs. Helen Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) what has been the differential between dividends paid by appointed businesses in the water and sewerage industry and the dividends paid by the group companies for each year since privatisation;

(2) if he will list (a) the dividends paid by the appointed businesses and (b) the dividends paid by the group companies for each of the water and sewerage companies in England and Wales for each year since privatisation.

Mr. Atkins

Information on company dividends is published in the annual reports and accounts of the appointed businesses and the group companies.