§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many applications have been made by employers for grants towards the cost of
Percentages Electricity Gas Coal Heating oils (including paraffin) All items January 1971 … … … … 1.4 2.2 6.1 11.2 8.5 January 1972 … … … … 12.7 8.4 10.1 2.2 8.2 January 1973 … … … … 4.6 4.0 9.0 6.5 7.7 January 1974 … … … … 7.0 1.6 2.8 33.1 12.0 January 1975 … … … … 31.9 6.7 25.8 48.6 19.9 January 1976 … … … … 41.1 35.2 27.0 24.0 23.4 January 1977 … … … … 18.6 11.2 21.3 28.5 16.6 January 1978 … … … … 10.9 9.7 15.1 3.3 9.9 January 1979 … … … … 7.7 0.2 12.5 0.0 9.3 October 1979 … … … … 12.7 8.0 21.5 46.4 17.2 Percentage increases from January 1970 to October 1979 285.6 122.6 258.9 477.1 233.7