HC Deb 30 June 1980 vol 987 c391W
Mr. Richard Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what amounts of debts incurred by domestic gas and

Year ended 31 March
1976 1977 1978 1979
Domestic gas bad debts written off £ million 3.264 4.864 5.638 5.307
Total revenue from domestic gas sold and used £ million 853 1,030 1,287 1,458
Domestic gas bad debts as percentage of total domestic revenue 0.38% 0.47% 0.44% 0.36%

For the electricity supply industry, separate figures of bad debts written off in respect of domestic consumers are not available. Figures of total bad debts written off and increases in provisions for

1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79
£ million 3.965 5.660 8.104 12.629 12.982