HC Deb 05 November 1996 vol 284 cc465-7W
Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many kilometres of water mains were(a) renewed and (b) relined in each area of England and Wales in each of the 10 years immediately before the privatisation of the water industry; and how much has been (i) renewed and (ii) relined in each year since privatisation. [1887]

Mr. Clappison

The information was not collected centrally prior to privatisation or in 1989–90, and figures for 1990–91 are not available on a consistent basis. Figures for 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94 are still subject to verification on a company-by-company basis and will be made available in December this year by the Director General of Water Services when the July returns are placed in the public domain. The figures for the past two years, which have been published by the Director General of Water Services, are contained in the tables:

Company 1994–95 1995–96
Water mains relined (km)
Anglian 147 0
Dwr Cymru 487 64
North West 186 0
Northumbrian 623 741
Severn Trent 5,202 407
South West 905 156
Southern 162 30
Thames 316 129
Wessex 197 78
Yorkshire 785 167
Bournemouth and West Hampshire 0 0
Bristol 31 9
Cambridge 12 0
Chester 0 0
East Surrey 23 0
Essex and Suffolk 79 55
Folkestone and Dover 131 13
Hartlepool 8 8
Mid Kent 6 0
Mid Southern 13 50
North East 596 0
North Surrey 0 0
Portsmouth 1 7
South East 561 81
South Staffordshire 2 2
Sutton and East Surrey 1 23
Tendring Hundred 49 17
Three Valleys 16 22
Wrexham 100 4
York 0 0
Water mains renewed (km)
Anglian 1,889 518
Dwr Cymru 907 429
North West 2,470 612
Northumbrian 481 280
Severn Trent 2,236 499
South West 179 10
Southern 123 27
Thames 144 15
Wessex 280 184
Yorkshire 699 114
Bournemouth and West Hampshire 29 23
Bristol 83 3
Cambridge 91 17
Chester 15 2
East Surrey 157 0
Essex and Suffolk 42 117
Folkestone and Dover 3 1
Hartlepool 14 3
Mid Kent 178 4
Mid Southern 104 20
North East 131 0
North Surrey 25 8
Portsmouth 179 36
South East 113 38
South Staffordshire 220 102
Sutton and East Surrey 13 179
Tendring Hundred 34 8
Three Valleys 151 49
Wrexham 43 5
York 16 2

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