§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what volume of water was(a) supplied to customers and (b) lost through evaporation and leakage by each of the privatised water companies in each year since privatisation; and if he will show (b) as a percentage of (a). [38940]
§ Mr. ClappisonWater delivered and leakage levels for each company are given in the Office of Water Services' reports on the cost of water delivered and sewage collected. Copies of these reports are in the House Library. Figures prior to 1992–93 are not available on a comparable basis.
Estimates of the volume of public water supplied by each water service company prior to 1992–93 are available from the Water Services Association.