§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what number of electricity disconnections occur (a) as a result of inability of the customer to pay and (b) for other reasons.
§ Mr. EadieElectricity Boards cannot attribute the reasons for non-payment but their experience suggests that delay in payment after receiving bills is not directly related to level of income. This conclusion is based partly on the fact that 60 per cent. of consumers disconnected pay and are reconnected within two days and over half of them are disconnected and reconnected on the same day. Six per cent. of premises disconnected in 1974–75 awaited removal of services prior to demolition, were about to be vacated or were holiday premises already vacated, and 3 per cent. were not domestic premises.