§ Mr. MarlowTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a comparison between the consumer price of electricity and the retail prices index in the periods before and after privatisation on annual and other relevant bases. [25758]
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 24 May 19951: The information expressed as index numbers with 1990 = 100, is set out in the table:
Year RPI (all items) RPI (excluding fuels) Domestic electricity index 1985 75.0 74.0 80.5 1986 77.6 77.2 82.2 1987 80.8 80.6 81.8 1988 84.8 84.8 86.2 1989 91.4 93.9 92.5 1990 100.0 100.0 100.0 1991 105.9 105.7 110.1 1992 109.8 109.7 115.8 1993 111.6 111.6 115.4 1994 114.3 114.0 1112.5 Notes: 1Excluding VAT payable at 8 per cent. from 1 April 1994. Source:
Table 28 of Energy Trends and Table 56 of the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 1994. Data for these tables are obtained from the Central Statistical Office.