Electricity Prices (Hansard, 29 January 1990)

§ 13. Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his most up-to-date estimate of the rate of increase in the price of electricity to domestic customers for the year from 1 April.

20. Mr. John P. Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is his most up-to-date estimate of the percentage increase in domestic electricity prices in April for the following 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

§ Mr. Wakeham
It is for the area boards to set their own domestic tariffs from 1 April this year following their contract negotiations with generators. Ministers have said that they will approve the initial contracts to ensure that the terms are reasonable.

§ 37. Mr. Gerald Bowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy by how much domestic electricity prices rose in the periods 1984 to 1989 and 1974 to 1979.

§ Mr. Baldry
In the period December 1984 to December 1989 domestic electricity prices decreased in real terms by 8 per cent.
In the period May 1974 to May 1979 (the last five years of the last Labour Government) domestic electricity prices increased in real terms by 9 per cent.