To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the average annual cost of water rates and the environmental services component respectively, for the current year and 1987, for each regional water authority in England.
The information requested by the hon. Member relating to 1987–88 is contained in the table. The information for 1988–89 is not yet available.
| Household water charges: 1987–88 | ||
| Total | Environmental services | |
| £·p | £·p | |
| North West | 91·12 | 1·02 |
| Northumbrian | 88·63 | ·01 |
| Severn Trent | 89·53 | 1·39 |
| Yorkshire | 97·72 | ·82 |
| Anglian | 124·03 | 1·98 |
| Thames | 87·74 | 1·09 |
| Southern | 109·01 | 1·41 |
| Wessex | 114·45 | 1·63 |
| South West | 116·08 | 2·84 |
Source: Water Authority returns to DOE.
Net revenue and capital expenditure1
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£ million
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Revenue
| Capital
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1986–87 prices
| 1986–87 prices
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Year
| Cash
| Using GDP deflator
| Using HCHS pay and prices deflator
| Cash
| Using GDP Using deflator
| Using HCHS capital deflator
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North Western RHA
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| 1978–79 | 380·364 | 742·318 | 845·549 | 37·559 | 73·300 | 71·250 |
| 1979–80 | 460·211 | 768·502 | 848·629 | 50·613 | 84·518 | 79·564 |
| 1980–81 | 599·071 | 843·708 | 863·261 | 60·405 | 85·072 | 75·446 |
| 1981–82 | 674·346 | 864·168 | 898·229 | 83·228 | 106·656 | 100·706 |
| 1982–83 | 724·780 | 867·062 | 905·975 | 81·826 | 97·889 | 97·445 |
| 1983–84 | 763·382 | 872·248 | 908·425 | 68·080 | 77·789 | 79·449 |
| 1984–85 | 808·198 | 884·371 | 909·223 | 82·708 | 90·503 | 92·716 |