Electricity And Gas Prepayment Meters

Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many households in (a) England and Wales and (b) the Buckingham constituency have (i) electric and (ii) gas pre-payment meters. [106376]

Mr. Wilson
In England and Wales, in December 2002, 3,221,781 domestic electricity consumers and 1,808,145 domestic gas consumers had prepayment meters. Figures for prepayment meter use are not available on a constituency basis.