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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.

Electricity: 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 electricity in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.

Answer

Regional electricity bills, based on fixed consumption levels are published in Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.2.3 and table 2.2.4:

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

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

Region

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

East Midlands

12.0

13.3

13.9

14.7

14.9

Eastern

12.1

13.3

13.9

14.8

14.9

London

12.7

13.5

14.2

15.1

15.5

Merseyside & North Wales

12.8

14.1

14.9

16.0

16.7

North East

12.2

13.1

14.0

15.1

15.5

North Scotland

13.1

13.8

14.9

16.2

16.8

North West

11.9

13.4

14.2

15.2

15.7

South East

12.2

13.1

13.8

14.9

15.3

South Scotland

12.9

13.8

14.3

15.2

15.2

South Wales

13.3

14.1

15.0

15.9

16.4

South West

12.9

14.0

14.8

15.8

16.3

Southern

12.7

13.3

14.0

15.1

15.4

West Midlands

12.2

13.4

14.2

15.1

15.5

Yorkshire

11.9

13.1

14.0

14.9

15.3

United Kingdom

12.5

13.5

14.3

15.2

15.6

Data above are based on a fixed annual consumption of 3,800kWh in each year.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
224755
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Electricity Prices
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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