§ Helen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people resident in the Warrington, North constituency who received a court summons for unpaid water charges in each of the past five years; [58314]
(2) how many (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) water disconnections took place in the Warrington, North constituency in each of the past five years. [58315]
§ Mr. MealeInformation is not available by constituency and my Department has made no estimated constituency breakdown of the information. Available figures provided by the utility regulators are as follows:
Year Gas disconnections 1993 16,088 1994 16,393 1995 14,511 1996 8,820 1997 29,771 Note:
Figures, from OFGAS, are for Great Gritain; regional breakdowns are not available.
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Year Electricity disconnections 1993–94 23 1994–95 27 1995–96 30 1996–97 8 1997–98 7 Note:
Figures, from OFFER, are for the MANWEB area.
Year Water Summonses Disconnections 1993–94 41,345 515 1994–95 55,065 649 1995–96 43,842 839 1996–97 43,716 410 1997–98 6,482 469 Note:
Figures, from OFWAT, are for North West Water; the figures for summonses are for household customers only.