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Figures for power interruptions are collected for each distribution service area, not by constituency or county. Each household or meter point experiencing a power cut is counted as one interruption.In the Central Networks West distribution area (which covers the counties of the West Midlands, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire) there have been in the region of 13.9 million unplanned interruptions in the last five years.In the same area during the same five year period there were in the region of 760,000 planned interruptions.It is not possible to provide accurate figures for England only, as one distribution service area overlaps England and Wales. However, in England and Wales there were in the region of 96 million unplanned interruptions in the last five years and 4.9 million planned interruptions. |