§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate his Department has made, for the purpose of the fuel discount scheme, of the number of disconnections each quarter since 1973 in the Scottish region of British Gas; and what this represents as a percentage of domestic credit consumers.
Electricity Gas Number of payments Average payment (£ per week) Number of payments Average payment (£ per week) Quarter ending mid- May 1979 13,509 4.71 3,446 3.13 August 1979 13,861 4.90 3,523 3.11 November 1979 13,775 5.04 3,786 3.10 February 1980 14,206 5.28 3,803 5.51