§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many disconnections of gas have been carried out to the homes of consumers during each of the past 10 years for which records are available; how many such disconnections have been carried out during each of the latest 36 months for which records are available; how many and what percentage of such homes were reconnected within a period of seven days or less, 14 days or less, one month or less, three months or less, six months or less, and 12 months or less, respectively; and how many and 332W what percentage of such homes remain disconnected through non-payment of charges.
§ Mr. John SmithInformation in the detail requested is not available, but British Gas has provided the following:
TABLE I DISCONNECTIONS OF ALL CUSTOMERS (DOMESTIC INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL) Year ended Numbers disconnected Percentage of Credit Customers 31st March 1970 25,800 0.33 31st March 1971 25,100 0.31 31st March 1972 27,400 0.32 31st March 1973 32,934 0.37 31st March 1974 32,701 0.35 31st March 1975 34,872 0.35
TABLE II DISCONNECTIONS CARRIED OUT IN EACH QUARTER Quarter ended 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 30th June 8,229 9,953 9,106 30th September 9,810 9,157 10,179 31st December 8,085 6,333 7,919 31st March 6,810 7,258 7,668 32,934 32,701 34,872