asked the Minister for Trade how many individual complaints were handled by each area or regional nationalised industries consumer council; and how many were received by the relevant national consumer council direct during the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Not all complaints are recorded, nor do all councils compile their complaint statistics on a uniform basis. The available information is as follows:

Transport Users Consultative Committees (Calendar Year 1982)
East Anglia	85
Yorkshire	373
East Midlands	103
West Midlands	90
North-East	110
North-West	427
Scotland	225
South-West	109
Wales	115
London	677
South-East	202
TOTAL	2,516

Post Office Users' Councils (Year Ending 31.3.82)
POUNC	14,386
POUC Scotland	1,071
POUC Northern Ireland	357
POUC Wales	658
TOTAL	16,472

The National Gas Consumers' Council, Electricity Consumers' Council, Domestic Coal Consumers' Council and Central Transport Consultative Committee do not with individual complaint cases.

Gas Consumers' Councils (Year ending 31.3.82)
Eastern	2,954
North-Eastern	544
East Midlands	1,870
West Midlands	3,825
Northern	3,486
North Thames	2,576
North-West	3,125
Scotland	2,487