| Health and Safety |
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Injuries to the public*+
(number) |
Members of the public injured as a direct result of our operations (number of fatalities included in total) |
07/08: 36 (1)
06/07: 28 (1)
05/06: 20 (3) |
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Employee lost time injury frequency rate
(injuries per 100,000 hours) + |
Injuries resulting in employees taking time off work normalised to 100,000 hours worked |
07/08: 0.24
06/07: 0.24#
05/06: 0.28 |
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Employee lost time injuries
(number)+ |
Injuries resulting in employees taking time off work |
07/08: 88
06/07: 97#
05/06: 117 |
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Contractor lost time injuries
(number) + |
Injuries resulting in contractors taking time off work |
07/08: 105
06/07: 131
05/06: 119
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Employee sickness rate
(percent)+ |
Percentage of available work days lost to sickness |
07/08: 2.46
06/07: 2.48
05/06: 2.38
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Gas Distribution - UK mains replacement
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Kilometres of gas mains decommissioned |
07/08: 1,850
06/07: 1,850
05/06: 1,724
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| Shareholder value |
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Total shareholder return
(percent - 3 year accumulative) |
Growth in share price, assuming reinvestment of dividends and return of capital |
07/08: 61
06/07: 121
05/06: 66
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Operating cash flows
(£million)^ |
Cash generated by continuing operations |
07/08: 3,265
06/07: 3,090
05/06: 2,973
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Adjusted earnings per share
(pence)^ |
Earnings per share from continuing operations before exceptional items, remeasurements and stranded cost recoveries |
07/08: 48.0
06/07: 38.3
05/06: 35.2 |
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Capital Expenditure
(£million) |
Additions to plant and equipment and to intangible assets |
07/08: 3,054
06/07: 2,375
05/06: 2,108
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| Reliability |
UK electricity transmission system reliability
(percent) |
Electricity delivered by the electricity transmission system as a proportion of electricity demanded
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07/08: 99.9999
06/07: 99.9999
05/06: 99.9999
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UK gas transmission system reliability
(percent) |
Gas delivered by gas transmission system as a proportion of gas demanded |
07/08: 100
06/07: 100
05/06: 100
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US electricity transmission system reliability
(MWh lost) |
Number of MWh lost |
07/08: 437
06/07: 259
05/06: 348
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UK gas distribution network reliability
(percent) |
Proportion of total customer days without unplanned gas interruptions |
07/08: 99.999
06/07: 99.999
05/06: 99.999
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US electricity distribution network reliability
(minutes) |
Average time the average customer is without power over the year |
07/08: 110
06/07: 121
05/06: 141
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| Environment |
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Greenhouse gas emissions
(percent)+ |
percentage reduction in greenhouse gas emissions against baseline |
07/08: 38
06/07: 35
05/06: 26
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Greenhouse gas emission intensity
(tonnes per £m of revenue)+ |
Greenhouse gas emissions normalised to £m of revenue (including discontinued operations) |
07/08: 457
06/07: 471
05/06: 521
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Significant direct environmental incident
(number)+ |
Category 1 incidents caused by National Grid (and contractors working for National Grid) |
07/08: 9, (25)
06/07: 20, (20)
05/06: 22, (1) |
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Significant indirect environmental incidents
(number)+ |
Category 1 incidents caused by adverse weather or third party damage |
07/08: 1
06/07: 13
05/06: 25
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Fines
(£ / $)+ |
Total value of fines from environmental prosecutions and citations |
07/08: $6000
06/07: $4,885
05/06: Zero
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Energy use
(million MWh)+
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Consumption of gas and electricity for operational and non-operational purposes |
07/08: 5.7
06/07: 6.5
05/06: 7.7
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Waste
(million tonnes)+ |
Total waste including waste disposed of and waste recycled or reused |
07/08: 1.1
06/07: 1.2
05/06: 1.1
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Waste recycled
(percentage)+ |
Waste recycled or reused |
07/08: 68.8
06/07: 59.4
05/06: 45.6
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Water use
(million cubic metres)+ |
Total water used |
07/08: 3.5
06/07: 3.6
05/06: 3.1
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Fuel used for Transport
(million litres)+ |
Total fuel used by commercial fleet, company cars, private cars used for business, own aircraft and some contractor movements |
07/08: 35.3
06/07: 36.4
05/06: 38.0
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| Employees |
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Headcount
(number)^ |
Number of employees in post at 31 March |
07/08: 27, 557
06/07: 19,511
05/06: 19,783
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Female employees
(percentage)^ |
Proportion of employees who are female |
07/08:22.5
06/07: 23.7
05/06: 23.4
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Ethnic minority employees
(percentage)^ |
Proportion of employees who are ethnic minorities |
07/08: 12.3
06/07: 7.3
05/06: 6.7
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Breaches of Codes of Conduct
(number) |
Substantiated breaches of UK and US Codes of Conduct per 1000 employees |
07/08: 11.6
06/07: 8.0
05/06: 4.8 |
| Economic development |
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Investing in the Future
(£million)^ |
Payroll costs, government taxes, dividends to shareholders, capital investment and community investment (excluding discontinued operations and return to shareholders through share repurchasing) |
07/08: 5,684
06/07: 4,570
05/06: 4,288
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| Society |
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Community investment
(£million) |
Includes cash value of contributions, value of employee time, in-kind contributions and management costs |
07/08: 9.2
06/07: 8.9
05/06: 7.7
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