| Change since | |
 |
1970 |
 |
1990 |
|
1997-8 |
Coverage: Great Britain
Source: DWP
- Between 1997-8 and 2002-3, the proportion of households spending more than three per cent of their income on water charges fell by 6 percentage points - from 15 per cent to 9 per cent.
- Prior to 1999, the proportion of households spending more than three per cent of income on water charges was fairly constant at around 15 per cent.