Electricity Disconnections (Hansard, 9 December 1988)

HC Deb 09 December 1988 vol 143 c375W 375W

§ Mr. Blair
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many domestic electricity disconnections were there in the years 1979–80 to the most recent year for which figures are available.

§ Mr. Michael Spicer
The Electricity Council informs me that the figures for disconnections in England and Wales are as follows:

Year Number

1979–80 98,894

1980–81 118,221

1981–82 108,266

1982–83 91,334

1983–84 90,722

1984–85 91,039

1985–86 102,714

1986–87 98,823

1987–88 88,870

There is a continued downward trend in disconnections and in the 12 months ending 31 October 1988 the total was 80,592, the lowest since records began in 1976.

Year	Number
1979–80	98,894
1980–81	118,221
1981–82	108,266
1982–83	91,334
1983–84	90,722
1984–85	91,039
1985–86	102,714
1986–87	98,823
1987–88	88,870