Charges and Costs of Production (Hansard, 2 April 1962)

§ Mr. Hocking

asked 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

Year		Gas sold	Average net selling value per therm of gas sold	Cost of gas and products (net) per therm of gas sold (a)	Fuel used per 1,000 therms of output (b)	Labour cost per therm of gas sold (c)
		Mn. therms	Pence	Pence	Tons of coal equivalent	Pence
1946	…	2,002	—	—	—	—
1947	…	2,094	—	—	—	—
1948	…	2,178	12.20	—	—	5.06
1949	…	2,241	12.55	7.98 (d)	—	5.13
1950	…	2,337	12.98	8.22^*	4.56	5.25
1951	…	2,449	13.67	8.66^*	4.53	5.61
1952	…	2,453	15.25	9.27^*	4.47	6.17
1953	…	2,436	16.18	9.91^*	4.42	6.46
1954	…	2,527	16.43	10.00^*	4.41	6.59
1955	…	2,581	17.20	10.33^*	4.35	6.93
1956	…	2,589	18.90	10.68^*	4.32	7.46
1957	…	2,540	19.85	11.21^*	4.28	7.77
1958^*	…	2,551	20.97	11.58	4.29	7.88
1959^*	…	2,540	21.00	11.20	4.28	7.88
1960^*	…	2,612	21.51	10.93	4.30	7.91
^* 12 months ending 31st March of the following year.
(a) Excluding depreciation and interest charges.
(b) Output of gas, coke, coke breeze and crude tar.
(c) Based on wages and salaries paid to all employees in the gas industry. Details of labour costs at works are not available.
(d) 11 months ended 31st March, 1950.
(—) Not available.

of gas sold to consumers, the average price charged per unit, the average works cost of production, fuel per unit and labour cost at works per unit.