Members of the public injured as a direct result of our operations (number of fatalities)
(number)*⁺

Zero

08/09: 52 (1)
07/08: 36 (1)
06/07: 28 (1)

Employee lost time injury frequency rate^#
(injuries per 100,000 hours)

Zero

08/09: 0.25
07/08: 0.30
06/07: 0.24

Proportion of available work days which are lost due to sickness
(percent)^{+^}

Zero work-related

08/09: 3.06
07/08: 2.46
06/07: 2.48

Earnings per share from continuing operations before exceptional items remeasurement and stranded cost recoveries
(pence)

To increase sufficiently to support 8% dividend growth through to March 2012

08/09: 50.9
07/08: 47.8
06/07: 38.3

Total shareholder return
(percent -three year cumulative)

No target set

08/09: 6
07/08: 61
06/07: 112

Capital Expenditure
(£million)

No target set

08/09: 3,242
07/08: 3,054
06/07: 2,375

Electricity delivered by the UK electricity transmission system as a proportion of electricity demanded
(percent)

99.9999

08/09: 99.9999
07/08: 99.9999
06/07: 99.9999

Gas delivered by the UK gas transmission system as a proportion of gas demanded
(percent)

100

08/09: 100
07/08: 100
06/07: 100

MWh lost on our US electricity transmission system
( MWh)

<264MWh

08/09: 266
07/08: 437
06/07: 259

Gas distribution UK network reliability
(percent)

99.999

08/09: 99.999
07/08: 99.999
06/07: 99.999

Average time the average customer is without power over the year from our US electricity distribution network
(minutes)⁺

110-120 minutes

08/09: 114
07/08: 110
06/07: 121

Percentage reduction in greenhouse gas emissions baseline
(percent)^#

80% by 2050

08/09: 42
07/08: 38
06/07: 35

Significant own fault (and contractor) environmental incident
(number)⁺

Zero

08/09: 8, (4)
07/08: 9, (25)
06/07: 20, (20)

Female employees
(percentage)

No target set

08/09: 22.6
07/08: 22.5
06/07: 23.7

Ethnic minority employees
(percentage)

No target set

08/09: 13.2
07/08: 12.3
06/07: 7.3