§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his Department's estimate of the number of wholly 65-plus-year-old households that have(a) gas and (b) electricity connected to their homes, for the latest available year.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 14 April 1993]: My Department estimates that in 1991 the numbers of wholly 65-plus-year-old households connected to (a) gas and (b) electricity were 3.6 million and 5.1 million respectively.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his Department's estimate of the total income for(a) gas and (b) electricity undertakings from domestic and standing charges.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 14 April 1993]: My Department estimates that the total amounts raised by gas and electricty undertakings in 1992 from standing charges on domestic customers in the United Kingdom were £0.6 billion and £1.1 billion respectively.