HC Deb 26 January 1977 vol 924 cc639-40W
Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what percentage of total domestic consumer expenditure is spent on fuel and light on average.

Dr. J. Dickson Mabon

Statistics of consumers' expenditure are published in "National Income and Expenditure 1965–75", the "Monthly Digest of Statistics" and "Economic Trends". Copies are available in the Library of the House. In 1975, the latest year for which complete figures are available, 4.6 per cent. of consumers' expenditure at current prices was on fuel and light and a further 3.5 per cent. was on petrol and oil.