Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Lord Patten (Conservative) on Tuesday, 30 January 2024, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 February 2024. It was answered by Lord Douglas-Miller (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 February 2024 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Water: Meters

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government how many households in England are supplied with metered water; and what percentage of all households this represents.

Answer

There was a total of 24,009,150 household properties based on data reported by companies in England through their annual review of the Water Resources Management Plan for the year 2022/23.

Of this, the total number of metered household properties was 14,299,320 and a further 374,860 were metered household void properties.

As a result, for 2022/23 59.6% of household properties across English water companies were metered excluding void properties or 61.1% household properties were metered including void properties.

Note - a void household property is a household property that is connected to public water supply but not currently being billed by the water company as they have been classified as empty.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2042
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Meters Water
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk