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Mr. Cartwright
asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many domestic consumers were disconnected by each gas or electricity area board as a result of nonpayment of accounts during the quarters ending 30 June and 30 September.
Mr. John Moore
Figures for the number of gas and electricity domestic consumers disconnected for non-payment of accounts during the quarter ended June 1979 are as follows:
| Area Electricity Board | |
| London | 3,470 |
| South-Eastern | 1,016 |
| Southern | 924 |
| South-Western | 612 |
| Eastern | 2,321 |
| East Midlands | 2,548 |
| Midlands | 3,368 |
| South Wales | 680 |
| Merseyside and North Wales | 1,674 |
| Yorkshire | 2,649 |
| North-Eastern | 1,724 |
| North-Western | 2,430 |
| 23,416 | |
| Gas Region | |
| Scottish | 582 |
| Northern | 1,123 |
| North-Western | 1,185 |
| North-Eastern | 586 |
| East Midlands | 492 |
| West Midlands | 1,287 |
| Wales | 139 |
| Eastern | 478 |
| North Thames | 1,069 |
| South-Eastern | 849 |
| Southern | 181 |
| South-Western | 34 |
| 8,005 | |