Water Charges: Schools

(asked on 14th November 2017) - View Source

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 water and sewerage charge was for schools across local authorities in the South East in 2016-17.


Answered by
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Thérèse Coffey
This question was answered on 17th November 2017

Information on average water and sewerage charges for particular groups of customers is not readily available centrally. Water companies set out the basis for all their charges in charges schemes, published annually on their websites.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs does not intend to undertake another review of the guidance in relation to concessionary schemes for community groups for surface water drainage charges, following the review carried out last year.

The guidance allows water companies the flexibility to introduce concessions that best suit their local circumstances. This has meant, for example, that United Utilities has been able to introduce the following changes for schools with playgrounds teaching key stages 1-5:

  • a bill credit of 15% on wholesale surface water and highway drainage charges for 2017/18; and

  • a 50% reduction to wholesale surface water and highway drainage charges from 2018/19 onwards. This would represent approximately a 40% reduction in the overall wastewater bill.

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