§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total leakage from(a) water company pipes and (b) domestic pipes in 1994–95 in gallons per day; and if he will publish statistics relating to water leakage from domestic pipes and company pipes, referred to in the oral answer of 15 February 1995, Official Report, columns 982–83. [14215]
§ Mr. GummerEstimated total leakage, in millions of litres per day, is given in Ofwat's 1994–95 report on the cost of water delivered and sewage collected.
The levels of leakage from household and water company pipes are calculable from the same publication and show that the leakage from household pipes represented some 23 per cent. of the total. I regret if my right hon. Friend's earlier answer misled the House.