§ Sir Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a table showing the average price per litre on 1 January and 1 April of petrol on sale in London, together with such information as he has about the price in Paris, Bonn, Rome, Athens, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe data are not available in the form requested. Sample petrol prices for the relevant European countries on the available dates nearest to those requested are as follows. Similar data are not available for Japan or the United States of America.
p/litre Country 1 January 7 April United Kingdom 42.1 38.3 France 48.0 41.5 Germany 38.4 30.4 Italy 53.4 53.0 Greece 37.3 35.6 Source: EC Oil Bulletin
§ Mr. Allen Adamsasked the Secretary of State for energy what information he has about the current average retail profit margin on petrol sales; what information he has about regional variations in the retail price of petrol within the United Kingdom; if he will seek powers to limit such regional variations; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithThe information is not available in the form requested. There is a wide variation in petrol prices at present, both locally and between regions. I do not intend to seek powers to limit these variations.
§ Mr. Allen Adamsasked the Secretary of State for energy what information he has about the trend in the retail price of petrol in Scotland since 19 March; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithPetrol prices have fallen throughout the United Kingdom over recent weeks and are now below the levels predicted by the Chancellor in his Budget statement.