§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will list in the Official Report the number of disconnections of (a) electricity and (b) gas for each of the regional boards for each of the last three years.
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§ Mr. Norman LamontThe figures for the years ending 31 December are as follows:
I978 1979 1980 Area Electricity Board London 11,016 16,467 37,648 South Eastern 3,160 3,397 4,014 Southern 3,058 3,282 4,905 South-Western 2,057 1,957 2,283 Eastern 6,186 7,785 8,103 East Midlands 10,022 9,865 11,718 Midlands 10,465 11,801 13,410 South Wales 2,853 2,483 3,113 MANWEB 10,389 6,475 9,162 Yorkshire 10,827 10,312 12,569 North Eastern 7,078 6,436 6,549 North Western 11,448 8,530 9,228 Total 88,559 88,790 122,702 Gas Region Scottish 1,169 2,376 1,694 Northern 4,163 4,260 4,076 North-Western 6,639 5,860 8,417 North-Eastern 2,225 1,885 2,009 East Midlands 3,211 2,705 3,394 West Midlands 4,257 4,649 6,290 Wales 1,020 528 423 Eastern 1,964 1,682 1,789 North Thames 4,034 6,638 8,599 South East 2,871 3,323 3,694 Southern 1,281 943 1,097 South Western 263 211 364 Total 33,093 35,060 41,846