Industrial Fuel Prices

14.

Mr. Sayeed
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy by how much industrial fuel prices rose in real terms (a) between 1974 and 1979 and (b) since 1979.

Mr. Moynihan
Between 1974 and 1979 industrial fuel prices rose by 16 per cent. in real terms. Since 1979 they have fallen by 35 per cent.