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Mr. Mallon
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the average increase in the price of home heating fuel since 2 August 1990.
Mr. Needham
The increase in prices of home heating oils peaked at the end of October 1990 at between 70 and 90 per cent. above those at 2 August 1990. Current prices are 33 to 38 per cent. above those on 2 August 1990. Some smokeless coal prices have risen by 14 to 17 per cent. in the same period, which included the removal of summer discounts on 8 September 1990.