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Dept of the Environment

Answer

Mrs. Peacock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many critical sewers were (a) renovated and (b) replaced in each area in England and Wales in each of the 10 years immediately before the privatisation of the water industry; and how many critical sewers have been (i) renovated and (ii) replaced in each year since privatisation. [1888] Mr. Clappison: The information was not collected centrally prior to privatisation or in 1989-90, and figures for 1990-91 are not available on a consistent basis. Figures for 1991-92, 1992-93 and 1993-94 are still subject to verification on a company by company basis and will be made available in December this year by the Director General of Water Services when the July returns are placed in the public domain. The figures for the last two years, which have been published by the Director General of Water Services, are contained in the tables: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Company 1994-95 1995-96 Critical sewers renovated (km) Anglian 13 14 Dwr Cymru 13 7 North West 82 26 Northumbrian 102 16 Severn Trent 79 5 South West 29 2 Southern 19 0 Thames 113 24 Wessex 37 14 Yorkshire 17 2 Critical sewers replaced (km) Anglian 31 3 Dwr Cymru 46 18 North West 85 16 Northumbrian 15 1 Severn Trent 225 9 South West 12 4 Southern 14 1 Thames 47 20 Wessex 14 2 Yorkshire 0 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

1888; 284 c464-5W;284 c465W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Privatisation Water Utilities Repairs and maintenance Sewers

Contains statistics

Yes