HC Deb 25 April 1967 vol 745 cc258-9W
116. Mr. Crawley

asked the Minister of Power how many units have been sold by area electricity boards on off-peak tariff for domestic consumers, farms, commercial consumers, combined domestic and commercial consumers and industrial consumers, respectively, for each year since such tariffs were first instituted.

Mr. Freeson

The information available is as follows:—

SALES OF ELECTRICITY ON OFF-PEAK TARIFFS ENGLAND AND WALES
(million kWh)
1963–64 1964–65 1965–66
Domestic 950 1,855 2,850
Farm 120 127 196
Commercial 1,194 1,464 1,754
Combined domestic and commercial 55 76 97
Industrial 314 375 403
Total 2,633 3,897 5,300

The analysis between consumer classes is not available for earlier years, in which total sales on off-peak tariffs were:

1962–63 1,983
1961–62 1,331
1960–61 1,016
1959–60 718
1958–59 552
1957–58 378

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