HC Deb 14 January 1991 vol 183 cc359-60W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the number of applications for each of the 12 regional electricity companies that were made on(a) employee forms and (b) pensioner priority forms.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The numbers of applications for shares in the 12 regional electricity companies made on(a) employee forms and (b) pensioner priority forms are as set out in the table. A number of employees were eligible for and applied under both the discount and priority offer and the free and matching offer.

Number of applications on employee forms1 Number of applications on pensioner forms
Eastern Electricity 13,350 2,377
East Midlands Electricity 10,320 1,560
London Electricity 8,707 2,163
Manweb 7,173 1,180
Midlands Electricity 10,524 2,048
Northern Electricity 7,197 1,052
NORWEB 11,197 1,907
SEEBOARD 8,289 1,981
Southern Electric 10,873 2,287
South Wales Electricity 5,068 1,007
South Western Electricity 8,030 1,566
Yorkshire Electricity 9,748 1,743
1 Provisional figures.

These figures exclude 10,639 applications from employees of NGC and EASL for collections of shares.