To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her estimate is of the number of litres of bottled (a) sparkling and (b) still water consumed in the United Kingdom in each year since 1992; and what percentage was supplied in (i) plastic, (ii) glass and (iii) other materials. [99291]

I have been asked to reply.The Government do not themselves gather data to this level of detail. However, industry market intelligence data available to us show the following:

UK bottled water consumption
Litres (million)
	Still	Sparkling
1992	315	180
1993	330	200
1994	350	250
1995	440	288
1996	430	270
1997	495	279
1998	550	285
1999	696	300
2000	862	283
2001	990	270
2002	1,080	300

In addition, the data available reveal that in 2002, 81 per cent. of bottled water was supplied in plastic, nine per cent. in glass and 10 per cent. in other materials.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her estimate is of the number of litres of chilled water cooler water supplied to homes and businesses in the United Kingdom each year since 1992; and what proportion of this water is classified as mineral water. [99292]

I have been asked to reply.The Government do not themselves gather data to this level of detail. However, industry market intelligence data available to us show the following:

UK water cooler water supplies
Litres (million)
1992	33
1993	43
1994	57
1995	76
1996	95
1997	124
1998	153
1999	205
2000	265
2001	335
2002	390

In addition, the data available reveal that in 2002, mineral water accounted for 27.4 per cent. of total water volume supplied.