Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 2 November 2009.
David Ruffley
Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average percentage change in domestic water bills has been in each local authority area in the East of England since May 1997.
Huw Irranca-Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Marine and Natural Environment)
The following table sets out the average water bill and the percentage change for each year since
| Average water only bill (£) | Percentage change on previous year (2009-10 prices) | |
| Anglian Water | ||
| 1997-98 | 175.21 | -4.3 |
| 1998-99 | 167.94 | -4.2 |
| 1999-2000 | 159.45 | -5.1 |
| 2000-01 | 140.15 | -12.1 |
| 2001-02 | 140.73 | 0.4 |
| 2002-03 | 136.64 | -2.9 |
| 2003-04 | 139.51 | 2.1 |
| 2004-05 | 140.09 | 0.4 |
| 2005-06 | 154.55 | 10.3 |
| 2006-07 | 162.13 | 4.9 |
| 2007-08 | 170.27 | 5.0 |
| 2008-09 | 171.60 | 0.8 |
| 2009-10 | 173.85 | 1.4 |
| Essex and Suffolk Water | ||
| 1997-98 | 163.67 | 0.9 |
| 1998-99 | 137.95 | -15.7 |
| 1999-2000 | 157.27 | 14.0 |
| 2000-01 | 138.19 | -12.1 |
| 2001-02 | 138.05 | -0.1 |
| 2002-03 | 138.19 | 0.1 |
| 2003-04 | 138.48 | 0.2 |
| 2004-05 | 152.11 | 9.8 |
| 2005-06 | 160.58 | 5.6 |
| 2006-07 | 164.49 | 2.4 |
| 2007-08 | 169.66 | 3.1 |
| 2008-09 | 169.30 | -0.2 |
| 2009-10 | 168.17 | -0.7 |
| Cambridge Water | ||
| 1997-98 | 145.12 | -2.1 |
| 1998-99 | 138.23 | -4.7 |
| 1999-2000 | 124.29 | -10.1 |
| 2000-01 | 115.89 | -6.8 |
| 2001-02 | 116.19 | 0.3 |
| 2002-03 | 112.79 | -2.9 |
| 2003-04 | 110.03 | -2.5 |
| 2004-05 | 108.54 | -1.4 |
| 2005-06 | 120.67 | 11.2 |
| 2006-07 | 119.57 | -0.9 |
| 2007-08 | 122.57 | 2.5 |
| 2008-09 | 116.03 | -5.3 |
| 2009-10 | 115.96 | -0.1 |
| Tendring Hundred | ||
| 1997-98 | 201.50 | -4.2 |
| 1998-99 | 198.11 | -1.7 |
| 1999-2000 | 191.83 | -3.2 |
| 2000-01 | 169.98 | -11.4 |
| 2001-02 | 174.11 | 2.4 |
| 2002-03 | 178.44 | 2.5 |
| 2003-04 | 185.71 | 4.1 |
| 2004-05 | 189.43 | 2.0 |
| 2005-06 | 189.83 | 0.2 |
| 2006-07 | 182.51 | -3.9 |
| 2007-08 | 171.59 | -6.0 |
| 2008-09 | 178.42 | 4.0 |
| 2009-10 | 175.92 | -1.4 |
| Three Valleys (including North Surrey Water) | ||
| 1997-98 | 156.31 | 1.9 |
| 1998-99 | 157.91 | 1.0 |
| 1999-2000 | 160.90 | 1.9 |
| 2000-01 | 136.37 | -15.2 |
| 2001-02 | 136.83 | 0.3 |
| 2002-03 | 137.92 | 0.8 |
| 2003-04 | 138.18 | 0.2 |
| 2004-05 | 141.13 | 2.1 |
| 2005-06 | 158.33 | 12.2 |
| 2006-07 | 156.92 | -0.9 |
| 2007-08 | 159.52 | 1.7 |
| 2008-09 | 165.63 | 3.8 |
| 2009-10 | 165.84 | 0.1 |
| Notes: 1. Figures for 2008-09 are provisional. 2. Figures for 2009-10 are forecast. 3. Numbers may not add up due to rounding. | ||
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