Water: Meters

Mr. McLoughlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many water meters were installed by water supply companies in households in West Derbyshire constituency in the last three years.

Huw Irranca-Davies
The following table shows the number of meters installed by Severn Trent Water, the water and sewerage service provider for West Derbyshire, over the last three years.

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|Household meter installation|Meters installed|
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|2006-07                     |38,594          |
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|2007-08                     |33,215          |
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|2008-09                     |44,331          |
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Ofwat, the economic regulator of the water and sewerage industry, does not collect information on the numbers of meters installed by constituency and so this information is given for the whole area covered by Severn Trent Water.