Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
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.
Answered by 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.