<p>The following table shows the proportion of customers using pre-payment electricity meters, in each of the last five years.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Proportionof standard electricity consumers using pre-payment meters(percentage)<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Merseysideand North Wales Public Electricity Supplyregion<br /></td><td valign="top">UK<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">2008<br /></td><td valign="top">20.0<br /></td><td valign="top">14.0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2009<br /></td><td valign="top">20.4<br /></td><td valign="top">14.4<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2010<br /></td><td valign="top">22.1<br /></td><td valign="top">15.0<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2011<br /></td><td valign="top">22.3<br /></td><td valign="top">15.4<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">2012<br /></td><td valign="top">22.8<br /></td><td valign="top">15.8<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Data is only available at the Public Electricity Supply (PES) region level of geography. Both the Wirral and Merseyside are within the Merseyside and North Wales PES region. This data is available within the DECC publication Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.4.2:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics</p>