HC Deb 19 February 1981 vol 999 cc187-8W
Mr. Freud

asked 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.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The 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