Energy: Prices

Mr. Gray
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average amount billed for fuel consumption for (a) a one-bedroom flat, (b) a two-bedroom flat, (c) a three-bedroom house and (d) a four-bedroom house in (i) North Wiltshire constituency, (ii) Wiltshire, (iii) London and (iv) England in the last 12 months.

Mr. Mike O'Brien
DECC does not hold data on energy bills split by size of property, or on a constituency or county basis.

However, DECC does hold information on the average annual gas and electricity bills a household is likely to incur in each PES (public electricity supplier) area and gas LDZ (local distribution zone). These bills are based on standard consumption levels of 3,300 kWh for electricity and 18,000 kWh for gas.

The latest data, published by DECC in Quarterly Energy Prices, suggest that in 2008 customers paying their bill on receipt (standard credit) would pay:

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|                                                                                                                                                                           |Electricity|Gas|Total|
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|Wiltshire1                                                                                                                                                                 |380        |571|951  |
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|London2                                                                                                                                                                    |392        |572|964  |
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|England                                                                                                                                                                    |405        |570|975  |
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|1 For Wiltshire the PES electricity area is southern and the LDZ for gas is south west.2 For London the PES electricity area is London and the LDZ for gas is North Thames.|           |   |     |
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Mike Penning
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average amount billed for fuel consumption for a (a) one-bedroom flat, (b) two-bedroom flat, (c) three-bedroom house and (d) four-bedroom house in (i) Hemel Hempstead and (ii) Hertfordshire in the last 12 months.

Mr. Mike O'Brien
DECC does not hold data on energy bills split by household size, or on constituency or county basis.

However, DECC does hold information on the average annual gas and electricity bills a household is likely to incur in each PES (Public Electricity Supplier) area and gas LDZ (Local Distribution Zone). These bills are based on standard consumption levels of 3,300 kWh for electricity and 18,000 kWh for gas.

The latest data, published in Quarterly Energy Prices, suggest that in 2008 customers paying their bill on receipt (standard credit) would pay:

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|           |£  |
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|Electricity|393|
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|Gas        |575|
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|Total      |968|
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