§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Energy what change there has been in real terms in the price of electricity since 1979; and how this compares with the changes in electricity prices in real terms in other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development over the same period from information available from international sources.
§ Mr. Giles ShawThe table gives the percentage change in real terms in the price of electricity for the domestic and industrial sectors of the United Kingdom, and other members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for which there is comparable information, between 1979 and the latest period for which data are available, as derived by the OECD.
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Percentage change in real terms in the price of electricity, 1979 to 1983 Industrial sector per cent. Domestic sector per cent. Belgium +30.3 +16.0 Canada +14.3 +0.6 Denmark +13.2 +41.7 France *+18.5 *+8.2
Industrial sector per cent. Domestic sector per cent. Germany +11.7 +8.9 Italy +50.8 +43.7 Japan +35.0 +22.4 Netherlands *+16.3 * +19.8 Norway +20.1 +16.2 Sweden -14.6 -6.2 United Kingdom -2.5 +12.3 United States of America +24.2 +13.0 Source: OECD
Note: The quantification of price changes in real terms is dependent on the method used. Other sources would yield a different picture.
* Percentage change 1979 to 1982 only as data for 1983 were not available.