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Dr. Edmund Marshall
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment on what basis he proposes to provide for greater equality in average charges for unmeasured water supply between different water authorities in England and Wales.
Mr. Denis Howell
The Water Charges Equalisation Bill provides for the cost of financing capital expenditure incurred by each of the water authorities before 1st April 1976 in providing water for unmeasured supply to be equalised on
DWELLINGS COMPLETED FOR THE SIX LARGEST DISTRICT AUTHORITIES: 1966–1975 | ||||||||
Number | ||||||||
1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | ||||
Birmingham | … | … | … | 4,866 | 9,302 | 8,087 | 7,344 | 5,963 |
Leeds | … | … | … | 3,450 | 3,690 | 2,166 | 2,116 | 1,595 |
Sheffield | … | … | … | 2,794 | 2,463 | 2,358 | 2,574 | 2,542 |
Liverpool | … | … | … | 3,399 | 2,790 | 3,216 | 3,007 | 2,803 |
Manchester | … | … | … | 2,659 | 2,784 | 2,346 | 3,021 | 3,069 |
Bradford | … | … | … | 1,245 | 1,058 | 1,548 | 947 | 171 |
Number | ||||||||
1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | ||||
Birmingham | … | … | … | 3,528 | 1,468 | 1,601 | 2,397 | 2,872 |
Leeds | … | … | … | 1,696 | 1,236 | 1,234 | 1,722 | 1,776 |
Sheffield | … | … | … | 1,773 | 2,292 | 1,143 | 1,849 | 2,078 |
Liverpool | … | … | … | 2,568 | 2,534 | 2,526 | 1,649 | 1,845 |
Manchester | … | … | … | 3,991 | 3,484 | 2,632 | 2,504 | 2,612 |
Bradford | … | … | … | 202 | 301 | 205 | 523 | 474 |