Mr. Geoffrey Wilsonasked the Minister of Power whether he will publish in the Official Report lists for the nationalised coal, gas, and electricity industries, respectively, setting out the average price of the principal commodities produced by these industries for each year from the date of nationalisation to date.
§ Dr. BrayThe following information appears in the Annual Reports and Accounts of the National Coal Board, Gas Council and Electricity Council (previously the British Electricity Authority and Central Electricity Authority):—
Year Coal (average pithead proceeds per ton) Gas (average revenue from gas sold—pence per therm) Electricity (average revenue from electricity sold—pence per unit (kWh)) s. d. 1947–48 40 3 — — 1948–49 47 3 — 1.18 1949–50 47 11 12.55* 1.20 1950–51 47 10 13.09 1.18 1951–52 51 2 14.20 1.22 1952–53 57 3 15.73 1.31 1953–54 61 1 16.39 1.37 1954–55 63 6 16.58 1.37 1955–56 68 0 17.87 1.40 1956–57 77 0 19.27 1.47 1957–58 82 1 20.35 1.53 1958–59 85 1 20.97 1.55 1959–60 83 5 21 00 1.50 1960–61 86 1 21.51 1.48 1961–62 90 10 22.26 1.55 1962–63 91 9 22.67 1.57 1963–64 92 4 22.79 1.62 1964–65 91 8 22.61 1.65 * Figure relates to gas sold and used in the 11 months ended 31st March, 1960. Notes
1. The coal figure, which relate to N.C.B. mines only, are for calendar years from 1947 to 1962 and the figure for 1963–64 covers the 15 months January, 1963 to March, 1964.
2. The figures for gas (Great Britain) and electricity (England and Wales) relate to financial years (April to March). The figures for 1965–66 will be available when the industries' accounts are published this year