Hotels and Service Flats

HC Deb 19 November 1951 vol 494 cc22-3

60. Mr. Hobson

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how far reductions will be made in the allocation of coal and coke to hotels and service flats for the same period as those imposed on ordinary domestic consumers.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

Hotels and service flats are subject to the same restrictions as domestic consumers except where they have been granted a licence for additional quantities by the local fuel overseer.

Mr. Hobson

Am I to understand from that reply that when reductions in the supply to domestic householders were announced a similar circular was sent to the owners of service flats and hotels?

Mr. Lloyd

That part of the quantity which is the maximum permitted quantity has been reduced by the same amount in both cases, but in regard both to domestic consumers and, for example, hotels and flats, which have a much larger consumption, their minimum needs are assessed individually.

Mr. Hobson

Am I to assume that there has not been a reduction, because there has been no change in the assessment since the reduction was made for the domestic householder?

Mr. Lloyd

There has been a reduction in that part of the quantity which they receive which is accounted for by the maximum permitted quantity.