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Joan Ryan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Joan Ryan on 2015-11-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the average household bill for water was in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) Enfield, (c) Greater London and (d) the UK in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2015.

Rory Stewart

Customers in Greater London are served by one water and sewerage company (Thames Water) and three water only companies (Affinity Water, Essex & Suffolk Water and Sutton & East Surrey Water). Customers of the water only companies receive sewerage services from Thames Water.

Customers in both the London Borough of Enfield and the Enfield North constituency receive water services from one of two companies, Affinity Water or Thames Water.

The following table sets out the average water and sewerage charges for each of the companies and for England and Wales in 2010 and 2015.

Company

2010

2015

Affinity Water – Central region1 (water)

£156

£172

Essex & Suffolk Water (water)

£183

£229

Sutton & East Surrey Water (water)

£162

£184

Thames Water (water)

£189

£197

Thames Water (sewerage)

£114

£171

England and Wales (water)

£165

£182

England and Wales (sewerage)

£174

£203

1 Affinity Water was established in 2012, through the purchase of Veolia Water.