HC Deb 07 April 1936 vol 310 cc2628-9W
Mr. SALT

asked the Minister of Transport the total capital expenditure, up to the latest available date, of providing the grid system of electricity in England and Wales; and what is the lowest price per unit at which electric current can be supplied for public use, such as the lighting of roads?

Mr. HORE-BELISHA

The accounts of the Central Electricity Board for 1935 show that the total capital expenditure on the Grid System in Great Britain for general purposes other than standardisation of frequency, amounted at the end of that year to £34,643,643. No direct supplies for public use such as street lighting are given from the Grid System.