§ Mr. CLARRYasked the President of the Board of Trade the number of small towns and villages in the United Kingdom where a supply of gas for domestic purposes is available, but where no supply of electricity exists, and no supply of electricity exists but is authorised?
Mr. ALEXANDERI regret that I am unable to furnish this information. The number of statutory gas undertakers as shown in the Board of Trade Return relating to gas undertakings in Great Britain for the year 1922 is 797, and of authorised electricity undertakers, as stated in the Third Annual Report of the Electricity Commissioners for the year ended 31st March, 1923, is 544. Many of these undertakings, however, supply large areas, comprising a number of towns and villages, and there is also a considerable number of non-statutory gas and electricity undertakings.