Written question asked by Lord Pickles (Conservative) on Monday, 24 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 April 2006. It was answered by Elliot Morley (Labour) on Thursday, 4 May 2006 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Water Conservation/Resources

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answers to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 28 March 2006, Official Report, columns 844–5W, on water, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) joint sustainability impact study, (b) incidence effects of charging for domestic water and sewerage services (DETR, June 1998) (c) cross-Government review of water affordability (DEFRA, December 2004) and (d) current 25 year water resource plan for each water company in England.

Answer: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister are placing copies of (a) sustainability impacts study of additional house building scenarios in England in the House Library.The Department is placing copies of (b) Incidence Effects of Charging for Domestic Water and Sewerage Services, and (c) the Cross-Government Review of Water Affordability in the House Library.The Department does not hold copies of the companies' water resource plans, which are currently produced voluntarily. I will, however, place in the Library, a copy of the Environment Agency report to Ministers on those plans, Maintaining Water Supply. Summaries of plans are also available on company websites. When these plans are made statutory under the Water Act 2003, the non-commercially confidential aspects of both draft and final plans will be publicly available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 66792; 445 c1732-3W;445 c1732-3W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 06/941
Thursday, 4 May 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Water charges
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