Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many unplanned power outages there have been in the York Central area in each year since 2010.

The Ofgem regulatory standard for an interruption to power supply is a loss of power for three minutes or more. The unplanned power outages for the York Central area from 2010 to the 25^th September 2018 are set out in the table below and shows a 51% decrease in power outages in December 2017 to those in December 2010.