§ Mr. Greenwayasked the Secretary of State for Energy by how much electricity prices have been raised in the latest five-year period; how this compares with the 1974–79 period; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. GoodladBetween 1974 and 1979 the current price index for domestic electricity rose by 147 per cent. and that for industrial electricity by 116 per cent. In the latest five-year period for which data are available on a comparable basis — 1980 to 1985 — the corresponding figures were 43 per cent. and 32 per cent.