Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many customers the Northern Ireland Electricity Service cut off during the last 12 months in the West Bank of Londonderry City, West Belfast, South Armagh area, Coleraine, Ballymena and Bangor;
(2) if he will list in the Official Report the number of customers cut off by the Northern Ireland Electricity Service in each of the last 12 months and show how many were cut off in each council area in Northern Ireland, indicating in each case how many were industrial and domestic supplies.
§ Mr. Concannon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report 5 February 1979; Vol. 962, c. 78], gave the following information:
The total number of disconnections in Northern Ireland in the 12 months ending 31 December 1978 was 2,627. It would not be possible to supply the detailed breakdown requested except at disproportionate cost, but a total figure is available for each of the Services seven operational areas as follows:
Area Disconnections Percentage of total consumers in the Area Ballymena … 258 0.4 Bangor … 360 0.5 Belfast … 1,052 0.7 Coleraine … 58 0.2 Craigavon … 626 0.6 Londonderry … 218 0.7 Omagh … 55 0.1