§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many consumers of (a) gas and (b) electricity were disconnected for non-payment of accounts in 699W each of the past five years for which figures are available; and how many of these were domestic consumers.
§ Dr. John A. CunninghamDisconnections for the past five years for non-payment
Gas Electricity Year Total number of disconnections Total number of disconnections Disconnections of domestic premises 1972–73 … … … … … 32,934 117,369 — 1973–74 … … … … … 32,701 113,778 — 1974–75 … … … … … 34,872 120,330 — 1975–76 … … … … … 39,842 138,399 125,483 1976–77* … … … … … 32,624* — 90,706* * Figures for three quarters up to 31st December 1976. From 1st April 1976 the figures for electricity disconnections have been revised to exclude disconnections which do not relate to domestic premises in regular occupation.
§ Mr. Cartwrightasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many domestic consumers (a) gas and (b) electricity were disconnected for non-payment of accounts during the quarters ended 30th June 1976, 31st September 1976 and 31st December 1976.
§ Dr. John A. CunninghamDisconnections of gas and electricity consumers for non-payment of accounts during the past three quarters are given in the following table. In the case of gas separate figures for domestic and non-domestic consumers are not available.
Quarter ending Gas Number of disconnections Electricity Number of disconnections 30th June 1976 9,642 32,276 30th September 1976 13,574 33,288 31st December 1976 9,408 25,142