§ Sir Nicholas Bonsorasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the annual cost to public funds of (a) the Electricity Consultative Council and (b) the Gas Consumers' Council in the most recent year for which figures are available; and, in respect of each council, what was the cost of the North-West area in the same year.
§ Dr. VaughanI have been asked to reply.
In the year ending 31 March 1982, relevant expenditure borne on the Department's Vote was as follows:
1981–82 Outturn* £000s Electricity Consumers' Council and area electricity consultative councils (England and Wales) 1,129.2 Electricity Consultative Council (North-West) 79.6 National and regional gas consumers' councils (Great Britain) 1,320.2 North-Western Gas Consumers' Council 108.2 * Provisional.