§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) how many consumers the electricity industry served on 1st January 1970 and on 1st January 1976, respectively:
(2) what was the national average consumption in kWh by a consumer on 1st 737W January 1970 and 1st January 1976, respectively.
§ Mr. EadieDetails of sales, etc., by the public electricity supply system in Great Britain are published in Table 80 of the 1975 Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics available in the Library of the House. Following are the figures:
1969 1975 Number of consumers at end of year (thousand) 20,200 21,520 Sales per consumer (kWh) 9,066 9,921