Mr. Alan Rossiter:

In 2022 we completed over 8,400 one-off houses. There is an element of reconnections of farms included in that, lower capacity farms. It is a significant increase on the year before. This year to the end of May we have completed just under 3,000 one-off rural houses. One thing we have done proactively to future-proof the connections of these houses is that in 2019, with the approval of the CRU, we sought to allocate additional capacity for these housing connections. That is to cater for decarbonisation, heat pumps and electric vehicles. It is mentioned in the submission that over 50,000 houses have been connected to this revised design standard. That is a very positive improvement. We will keep monitoring to make sure we are future-proofing every connection we can.