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Mr. Walker-Smith
asked the Minister of Health if he will publish a table showing the aggregate rateable values on which rates were paid by the electricity undertakings in England and Wales and the total number of units of electricity used in each of the last ten calendar years before 1939.
Mr. Bevan
The figures for rateable value are not available, but it may assist the hon. Member to have the approximate totals of rates paid by electricity undertakings in England, Wales and Scotland. I regret that it is not possible to give separate figures for England and Wales. The figures together with those for units sold are as follows:
| Year | Total rates paid (England, Wales and Scotland). | Total units sold (in millions) (England and Wales). | |
| £ | |||
| 1930 | … | 4,181,000 | 8,166 |
| 1931 | … | 4,411,000 | 8,576 |
| 1932 | … | 4,453,000 | 9,266 |
| 1933 | … | 4,448,000 | 10,201 |
| 1934 | … | 5,635,000 | 11,708 |
| 1935 | … | 5,970,000 | 13,317 |
| 1936 | … | 6,375,000 | 15,359 |
| 1937 | … | 6,651,000 | 17,434 |
| 1938 | … | 7,215,000 | 18,644 |
| 1939 | … | 7,933,000 | 20,423 |