Domestic Utility Prices

HC Deb 18 February 1997 vol 290 c480W

Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the President of the Board of Trade in which of the past 25 years the domestic prices of(a) electricity, (b) gas and (c) telephone calls fell in (i) real and (ii) nominal prices. [15835]

Mr. Page

The years when a fall in prices have occurred relative to the preceding year are shown in the table. All prices include VAT where appropriate.

	Electricity	Gas	Telecoms1
Real terms	1972, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996	1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1996	1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Nominal terms	1987, 1993, 1996	1987, 1992, 1993	1977, 1983, 1994, 1995, 1996
Note:
1 Telecoms data are for 1994 onwards only.

Source:

Retail Prices Index, Office for National Statistics.