§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many electricity consumers claimed discounts under the 1979 scheme; at what total cost; what was the average discount; and how these figures compare with those for 1978.
Electricity Board 1979 1978 London 109,199 35,025 South Eastern 141,641 33,062 Southern 140,673 31,326 South Western 100,585 28,206 East Midlands 102,466 24,765 Eastern 196,212 53,153 Midlands 160,875 43,979 South Wales 46,968 15,768 North Western 146,070 42,327 Yorkshire 134,571 42,981 North Eastern 79,395 22,999 Merseyside and North Wales 91,583 28,322 South of Scotland 187,078 53,623 North of Scotland 51,101 15,666 TOTALS 1,688,417 471,202 In addition some 70,000 consumers claimed the discount in Northern Ireland (41,377 in 1978) and some 491,000 cash discounts were paid by post offices (206,000 in 1978).