Consumer Councils

Mr. Philip Holland
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.

Dr. Vaughan
Not all complaints are recorded, nor do all councils compile their complaint statistics on a uniform basis. The available information is as follows: ---------------
|East Anglia  |
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|Yorkshire    |
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|East Midlands|
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|West Midlands|
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|North-East   |
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|North-West   |
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|Scotland     |
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|South-West   |
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|Wales        |
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|London       |
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|South-East   |
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|POUNC                |
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|POUC Scotland        |
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|POUC Northern Ireland|
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|POUC Wales           |
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The National Gas Consumers' Council, Electricity Consumers' Council, Domestic Coal Consumers' Council and Central Transport Consultative Committee do not with individual complaint cases.---------------
|Eastern      |
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|North-Eastern|
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|East Midlands|
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|West Midlands|
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|Northern     |
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|North Thames |
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|North-West   |
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|Scotland     |
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|South-Eastern|
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|Southern     |
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|South-Western|
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|Wales        |
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|Eastern                   |
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|East Midlands             |
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|London                    |
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|Merseyside and North Wales|
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|Midlands                  |
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|North-Eastern             |
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|North-Western             |
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|South-Eastern             |
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|Southern                  |
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|South Wales               |
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|South-Western             |
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|Yorkshire                 |
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