§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many consumers of electricity and gas, respectively, pay by credit meter and pre-payment meter respectively.
§ Mr. EadieThe information is as follows:
(million) Number of consumers Credit Pre-payment Electricity (March 1974) 15.0 2.0 Gas (December 1974) 9.5 4.1
§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has at his disposal as to the socio-economic nature of those consumers of electricity and gas who pay by prepayment and credit meter, respectively.
§ Mr. EadieThe Chairman of the Electricity Council sent my hon. Friend an analysis of all domestic consumers of unrestricted electricity on 2nd January. I shall send him shortly a corresponding analysis of those who pay by prepayment meter. No similar analyses are available for gas consumers.