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<p>The Department is committed to regular and transparent reporting on the price of
gas for UK consumers and currently publishes a price comparison with EU member states
on a bi-annual basis. The latest statistical reports from this series are available
here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Finternational-domestic-energy-prices&data=02%7C01%7CThomas.Lane%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4196cc03ed84ca5ef4b08d6e36b7d91%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636946448136868794&sdata=IDLG6f8mx8LSfW2pAo35UIjF3cPP%2FRahNB1X8F4%2FgGg%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/international-domestic-energy-prices</a></p><p>The
UK has some of the lowest domestic gas prices in the EU. Average prices paid by consumers
for the period January to June 2018 were the second lowest in the EU15 and were 31
per cent lower than the median average price.</p><p>Recent figures also show that
gas prices for UK consumers has been consistently cheaper than the median average
for all EU member states (EU28) since 2016 currently peaking at 15.5% cheaper in the
first half of 2018.</p><p>These figures are for average domestic gas prices including
taxes paid for by UK domestic consumers, with a consumption level of the EU’s definition
of a ‘medium’ amount of gas per annum (5,557 – 55,557 kWh).</p><p> </p>
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