§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many gas meters were checked by his Department at the specific request of consumers during 1977; how many were found to be
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§ Mr. BennThe following table gives the information for the years for which comparable figures are available for all the countries mentioned:
faulty; and what has been the average percentage of meters discovered to be inaccurate during the past 10 years.
§ Dr. J. Dickson MabonThe latest readily available figures are for the year ended 31st March 1977, in which 9,909 meters were re-examined as a consequence of a dispute between the consumer and the British Gas Corporation as to accuracy. Of those, 4,952 were found to under-read or over-read by more than the permitted tolerance, and a further 2,015 to be faulty in some other respect. From 1st April 1968 to 31st March 1977, the average percentage found to under-read or over-read by more than the permitted tolerance was 51.4 per cent. and a further 21.1 per cent. were found otherwise faulty.