Electricity Disconnections

HC Deb 15 November 1989 vol 160 cc302-3W

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many domestic electricity consumers had their supply cut off in 1978–79 and each succeeding year.

Mr. Wakeham

The Electricity Council informs me that the figures for disconnections in England and Wales are as follows:

	Number
1978–79	87,258
1979–80	98,894
1980–81	118,221
1981–82	108,266

	Number
1982–83	91,334
1983–84	90,722
1984–85	91,039
1985–86	102,714
1986–87	98,823
1987–88	88,910
1988–89	75,230

There is a continued downward trend in disconnections and in the 12 months to the end of September 1989 the figure stood at 72,256.