§ Mr. BattleTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the annual profit of(a) British Gas, (b) Central Electricity Generating Board, (c) each of the previously publicly owned water companies and (d) British Telecom in each year since 1979. [31760]
§ Mr. PageThe information requested is published in the accounts of the nationalised utilities and in the annual reports of the privatised utility companies. Information on the water companies is published in the Office of Water Services' "1994–95 Report on the Financial Performance and Capital Investment of the Water Companies in England and Wales". Copies of all of these publications are available in the Library of the House.