HC Deb 29 January 1990 vol 166 c86W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his estimate of the cost to the public purse for the office of the Director General of Electricity Supply.

Mr. Baldry

The costs of the Office of Electricity Regulation will be recovered through fees to be paid by the electricity industry.

Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his estimate of the total cost of establishing the office of the Director General of Electricity Supply.

Mr. Baldry

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State to my hon. Friend the Member for Daventry (Mr. Boswell) on 26 January 1990, at column904.