Electricity Disconnections

HC Deb 08 January 1990 vol 164 cc532-3W

Mr. McKelvey

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many electricity disconnections the South of Scotland electricity board undertook in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988, expressed as a percentage of the total of domestic users.

Mr. Lang

The number of domestic customers disconnected by the South of Scotland Electricity Board, and the percentages these formed of the total number of domestic customers in the last four financial years, is set out in the table.

Disconnections Financial Years—1 April to 31 March
	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89
Number of Domestic Customers disconnected during year	7,874	10,622	11,546	9,627
Number of Domestic Customers as at 31 March	1,421,734	1,422,139	1,445,151	1,510,496
Percentage of Domestic Customers disconnected	0.55	0.75	0.80	0.64