Natural Gas: Prices

Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what the average cost has been of a unit of gas supplied to domestic dwellings in each year since 1997; (300587)

(2) what estimate he has made of the number of units of gas consumed in domestic dwellings in the United Kingdom in each year since 1997.

The information is as follows:

	Domestic consumption (TWh)	Average price per unit (pence/kWh)
1997	345.5	1.8
1998	355.9	1.8
1999	358.1	1.7
2000	369.9	1.6
2001	379.4	1.6
2002	376.4	1.7
2003	386.5	1.8
2004	396.4	1.9
2005	384.0	2.1
2006	365.9	2.6
2007	352.9	3.1
2008	363.3	3.2
2009	¹194.2	4.0
¹ January-June 2009

Price information is the average unit price for GB customers consuming 18,000 kWh per year paying on standard credit terms. Figures for 2009 are provisional. Consumption data for 2009 are given up to the latest available month (June).

Volume 501: debated on Wednesday 25 November 2009