§ Mrs. PeacockTo 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. ClappisonThe 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 the466W 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:
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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