Petrol Prices Mr. Skinner asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list the average price per gallon of petrol in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and for the nearest available date in 1982. Mr. Gray Data on the average price of petrol are obtained from a survey of the major oil marketing companies on or about the 15th of each month. The latest available data for 1982 relate to the month of August. The average prices of premium and regular petrol, in pence per gallon, for the month of August in the years requested were as follows:------------- | | ------------- | | ------------- |August 1978| ------------- |August 1979| ------------- |August 1980| ------------- |August 1981| ------------- |August 1982| -------------