South of Scotland Electricity Board (Expenditure)

HC Deb 26 October 1972 vol 843 c422W

Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the percentages of the South of Scotland Electricity Board revenue expenditure taken up by the following items, namely, coal, oil, other fuels, depreciation, repairs and maintenance, and interest, for the period 1963–64 to 1971–72.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

The percentages were as follows:

Coal and slurry	25.3
Oil	3.8
Other fuel	1.7
Depreciation	18.0
Repairs and maintenance	6.7
Interest	20.0