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Written question asked by Tom Greatrex (Labour) on Friday, 20 February 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 25 February 2015 (named day). It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 February 2015 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Natural Gas: Prices

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost to domestic consumers per kWh of gas in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.

Answer

Regional gas bills, based on fixed consumption levels are published in Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.3.3 and table 2.3.4:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics

Annual UK gas prices by PES (Public Electricity Supply) Region in pence kWh

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

East Midlands

3.74

4.06

4.52

4.78

4.92

Eastern

3.73

4.08

4.55

4.84

5.00

London

3.83

4.20

4.67

4.97

5.21

Merseyside & North Wales

3.78

4.11

4.55

4.87

5.04

North East

3.74

4.08

4.50

4.80

4.92

North Scotland

3.69

4.06

4.51

4.75

4.98

North West

3.78

4.11

4.55

4.83

4.99

South East

3.78

4.14

4.61

4.87

5.04

South Scotland

3.69

4.06

4.51

4.80

4.97

South Wales

3.80

4.13

4.61

4.87

5.05

South West

3.76

4.10

4.59

4.86

4.97

Southern

3.75

4.13

4.61

4.93

5.13

West Midlands

3.79

4.15

4.61

4.91

5.03

Yorkshire

3.76

4.11

4.52

4.81

4.98

Great Britain

3.76

4.11

4.57

4.86

5.02

Data above are based on a fixed annual consumption of 15,000kWh in each year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
224754
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Natural gas Prices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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