§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out in tabular form (a) the movement in the real price of electricity from 1945 to the 580W latest available date and (b) in a parallel table, the movement in electricity consumption per capita over the same period.
§ Mr. Eadie,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 29th June 1977; Vol. 934, c. 215], gave the following information:
The figures are:
ELECTRICITY (a) (b) Year Movement in real price to domestic consumers Average consumption per domestic consumer in Great Britain Pence per KWh(1976money) KWh 1948 … 2.554 1,229 1949 … 2.646 1,187 1950 … 2.480 1,245 1951 … 2.247 1,364 1952 … 2.286 1,316 1953 … 2.363 1,325 1954 … 2.358 1,366 1955 … 2.235 1,459 1956 … 2.242 1,587 1957 … 2.242 1,617 1958 … 2.277 1,793 1959 … 2.240 1,902 1960 … 2.146 2,157 1961 … 2.092 2,406 1962 … 2.059 2,827 1963 … 2.064 3,187 1964 … 2.093 3,127 1965 … 2.075 3,353 1966 … 2.060 3,442 1967 … 1.985 3,520 1968 … 2.137 3,702 1969 … 1.961 3,947 1970 … 1.802 4,158 1971 … 1.770 4,306 1972 … 1.751 4,571 1973 … 1.681 4,754 1974 … 1.673 4,775 1975 … 1.951 4,532 1976 … 2.148 4,267 (a) is derived from the average net selling value per KWh in Great Britain and estimates of "The Internal Purchasing Power of the Pound". The former is published in the "Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics" and the latter is given in the leaflet of that name published by the Central Statistical Office. The average net selling value—revenue divided by consumption—is influenced by variations in consumption and changes between tariffs by consumers as well as by changes in tariff charges. It is regretted that there are no figures on average net selling values or average consumption for domestic consumers in Great Britain before 1948.