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Water Charges

Volume 486: debated on Tuesday 20 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the average annual water bill in each region in each of the last five years. (248493)

The following table sets out the average water bill for each water company in England and Wales for the last five years.

Average water bills

Average bills(£) (2008-09 prices)

Water and sewerage companies

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

Anglian

136

150

157

167

168

Dwr Cymru

142

156

159

161

164

Northumbrian Water (including Essex and Suffolk Water)

Essex and Suffolk

148

156

160

163

161

Northumbrian

116

123

126

129

128

Severn Trent

133

143

146

148

147

South West

148

165

181

198

204

Southern

105

116

122

125

126

Thames

131

163

168

172

171

United Utilities

152

148

155

160

163

Wessex

147

161

175

189

196

Yorkshire (incl. York)

134

140

145

148

151

Water only companies

Bournemouth and W Hampshire

126

140

141

142

138

Bristol

126

142

145

147

152

Cambridge

105

117

116

114

114

Dee Valley

123

127

123

121

127

Folkestone and Dover

163

169

176

178

181

Mid Kent

149

163

159

160

159

Portsmouth

88

88

87

88

90

South East

149

174

161

166

161

South Staffs

103

113

116

118

118

Sutton and East Surrey

146

162

164

161

159

Tendring Hundred

184

184

177

167

166

Three Valleys (incl. North Surrey)

137

154

152

152

150