§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy what percentage of Central Electricity Generating Board electricity is produced outside the South and South-East; and what is expected to be the cost of new and modernised transmission required to retire a substantial part of oil-fired capacity in the South-East and South-West.
§ Mr. MellorElectricity production outside the CEGB's South-West and South-East regions accounts for about 70 per cent. of the total. I have asked the chairman to write to my hon. Friend about the matters raised in the remainder of the question.