§ 47. Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his latest estimate of the cost of electricity supplied to the steel industry in England and Wales; what is the EEC average; and what is his latest estimate of the position of England and Wales in the EEC league table of electricity prices supplied to the steel industry.
§ Mr. Michael SpicerThe information is not available in the detail sought.
The latest Electricity Council survey of electricity prices in 20 countries, including the EEC, indicates that for a typical high voltage industrial customer electricity prices in England and Wales at 1 July 1988 were in the mid-range of prices in the EEC States and the developed world generally.
Current estimates of industrial electricity prices internationally indicate that England and Wales will remain in the mid-range of prices in the EEC after the 1 April tariff revision.