§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy what amounts of debts incurred by domestic gas and
Year ended 31 March 1976 1977 1978 1979 Domestic gas bad debts written off £ million 3.264 4.864 5.638 5.307 Total revenue from domestic gas sold and used £ million 853 1,030 1,287 1,458 Domestic gas bad debts as percentage of total domestic revenue 0.38% 0.47% 0.44% 0.36% For the electricity supply industry, separate figures of bad debts written off in respect of domestic consumers are not available. Figures of total bad debts written off and increases in provisions for
1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 £ million 3.965 5.660 8.104 12.629 12.982