§ Mr. Ivan HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the privatised water companies currently providing water meters free of charge to customers who wish to transfer to a metered tariff. [57071]
§ Mr. MealeAccording to the Director General of Water Services' "1998–99 report on tariff structure and charges" (a copy of which is in the Library) the following water undertakers in England and Wales provide meters free of charge to their domestic customers where they are installed in the company's preferred location: Anglian Water, Bournemouth and West Hants Water, Bristol Water, Dee Valley Water, Essex and Suffolk Water, Folkestone and Dover Water, Hartlepool Water, Mid-Southern Water, Severn Trent Water, South East Water, Sutton and East Surrey Water, Thames Water and Wessex Water.