HC Deb 14 July 1988 vol 137 c364W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy by what percentage electricity charges have risen since May 1979.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Over the period June 1979 to May 1988, electricity charges to domestic consumers rose in real terms by 2.5 per cent. and those to industrial consumers fell by 3 per cent.