§ Mr. Hockingasked the Minister of Power if he will set out in a comparative table, for each year, from 1946 to 1961 inclusive, the total number of units of electricity sold to consumers, the average price charged per unit, the average works cost of generation, fuel per unit, and labour cost at works per unit.
§ Mr. GeorgeThe information for Great Britain is as follows:
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Year Units sold to all consumers Average net selling value per kWh sold to all consumers Average works cost of generation per kWh sent out (a) Fuel used per thousand kWh generated by steam stations Labour cost per kWh sold (b) Mn. kWh Pence Pence tons of coal equivalent Pence 1946 … 34,798 1.121 0.429 0.637 — 1947 … 35,858 1.123 0.461 0.636 — 1948 … 38,821 1.176 0.491 0.623 0.317 1949 … 40,919 1.209 0.485 0.619 0.341 1950 … 45,474 1.186 0.477 0.611 0.346 1951 … 50,513 1.204 0.512 0.600 0.349 1952 … 51,950 1.296 0.537 0.583 0.367 1953 … 55,568 1.365 0.549 0.570 0.369 1954 … 61,401 1.380 0.552 0.562 0.350 1955 … 67,423 1.384 0.583 0.547 0.369 1956 … 73,520 1.461 0.632 0.542 0.372 1957 … 77,218 1.509 0.651 0.534 0.382 1958 … 83,869 1.562 0.641 0.527 0.367 1959 … 90,504 1.522 0.608 0.520 0.360 1960 … 102,363 1.487 0.594 0.519 0.352 1961 … 110,230 1.533 — 0.514 — (a) Excluding depreciation and interest charges. (b) Based on total wages and salaries paid to all employees in the electricity industry. (—) Not available.