Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Thursday, 10 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 July 2008. It was answered by Malcolm Wicks (Labour) on Monday, 14 July 2008 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.

Energy Supply: Prices

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent assessment he has made of energy price differentials for (a) domestic and (b) industrial consumers in different regions of the UK.

Answer: The information is as follows.(a) Regional price differentials in domestic electricity and gas prices are published quarterly in tables 2.2.3 and 2.3.3 respectively of Quarterly Energy Prices, available online at"http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/publications/prices/index.html."A copy of this is also available from the House of Commons Library.(b) Regional energy price differentials for industrial consumers are not collected. Industrial prices tend to be driven by tariff negotiations between energy suppliers and individual companies rather than by regional differences.UK prices for industrial consumers are published in table 3.1.1 of Quarterly Energy Prices.

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