| Health and Safety |
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Injuries to the public*
(number) |
Members of the public injured as a direct result of our operations |
05/06: 20
04/05: 52 |
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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 |
05/06: 0.28
04/05: 0.37
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Employee lost time injuries
(number) |
Injuries resulting in employees taking time off work |
05/06: 117**
04/05: 160** |
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Contractor lost time injuries
(number) |
Injuries resulting in contractors taking time off work |
05/06: 119
04/05: 146 |
|
Employee sickness rate
(percentage) |
Percentage of available work days lost to sickness |
05/06: 2.38
04/05: 2.69 |
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Uncontrolled gas escapes
(percentage)
|
Percentage of uncontrollable gas escapes in the UK attended within one hour |
05/06: 98
04/05: 98 |
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Controlled gas escapes
(percentage)
|
Proportion of controllable gas escapes in the UK attended within two hours |
05/06: 98
04/05: 99 |
| Shareholder value |
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Adjusted earnings per share
(pence) |
Earnings per share from continuing operations excluding exceptional items and remeasurements |
05/06: 46.7
04/05: 42.3 |
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Total shareholder return
(percent) |
Growth in share price, assuming reinvestment of dividends and return of capital |
05/06: 22.9
04/05: 19.0 |
|
Operating cash flows
(£million) |
Cash geneated by continuing operations |
05/06: 3,131
04/05: 2,911 |
|
Investment in acquisitions
(£million) |
Consideration in respect of acquired business |
05/06: Nil
04/05: 1,151 |
|
Capital Expenditure
(£million) |
Capital expenditure on our gas, electricity and telecommunications businesses |
05/06: 2,062
04/05: 1,518 |
| Environment |
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Greenhouse gas emissions
( million tonnes) |
Greenhouse gas emissions expressed as tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent |
05/06: 10.23
04/05: 12.35 |
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Greenhouse gas emission intensity
(tonnes per £m of revenue) |
Greenhouse gas emissions normalised to £m of revenue |
05/06: 1,110
04/05: 1,680 |
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Significant direct environmental incident
(number) |
Category 1 incidents cased by National Grid or contractors working for National Grid |
05/06: 22
04/05: 23 |
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Significant indirect environmental incidents
(number) |
Category 1 incidents caused by adverse weather or third party damage |
05/06: 25
04/05: 11 |
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Energy use
(million MWh)
|
Consumption of gas and electricity for operational and non-operational purposes |
05/06: 7.7
04/05: 7.6 |
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Waste
(million tonnes) |
Total waste including waste disposed of and waste recyled or reused |
05/06: 1.10
04/05: 2.07
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Waste recycled
(percentage) |
Waste recycled or reused |
05/06: 45.6
04/05: 41.3 |
|
Water use
(million cubic metres) |
Total water used |
05/06: 3.11
04/05: 4.47 |
|
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 |
05/06: 38.0
04/05: 45.6 |
| Employees |
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Headcount
(number) |
Number of employees in post at 31 March |
05/06: 19,783
04/05: 24,406 |
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Female employees
(percentage) |
Proportion of employees who are female |
05/06: 23.4
04/05: 21.0 |
|
Ethnic minority employees
(percentage) |
Propoprtion of employees who are ethnic minorities |
05/06: 6.7
04/05: 6.0 |
|
Breaches of Codes of Conduct
(number) |
Substantiated breaches of UK and UD Codes of Conduct per 1000 employees |
05/06: 4.76
04/05: 8.03 |
| Economic development |
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Investing in the Future
(£million) |
Payroll costs, government taxes, dividends to shareholders, capital investment and community investment |
05/06: 4,474***
04/05: 3,716 |
| Society |
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Community investment
(£million) |
Includes cash value of contributions, value of employee time, in-kind contributions and management costs |
05/06: 7.7
04/05: 7.3 |