§ Mr. Litterickasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish figures showing the deficiences or surpluses produced by the electricity industry duing each of the last complete 20 opeating years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. EadieThe figures are as follows and relate to the electricity supply industry in England and Wales. They are taken from the Handbook of Electricity Supply Statistics 1977 edition, Table 24:
Year Profit/loss (-) after interest £ million 1957–58 16.1 1958–59 27.3* 1959–60 26.7* 1960–61 16.3* 1961–62 26.9 1962–63 42.5 1963–64 70.4 1964–65 64.1 1965–66 84.7 1966–67 20.6 1967–68 55.0 1968–69 100.6 1969–70 64.5 1970–71 (-) 55.8 1971–72 (-) 25.5 1972–73 0.5 1973–74 (-)185.6† 1974–75 (-) 268.5‡ 1975–76 8.5§ 1976–77 206.5 * After contributing £0.5 million to Centra Guarantee Fund. † Before £268.6 million Government compensation for price restraint. ‡ Before £257.6 million Government compensation for price restraint. § Before £56.5 million Government compensation for price restraint.