§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the United Kingdom consumption of oil in the years 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973.
Financial year Conventional steam stations Nuclear stations Diesel and Gas Turbine Hydroelectric stations 1964–65 … 97.2 2.6 0.1 0.1 1965–66 … 92.2 7.5 0.2 0.1 1966–67 … 90.2 9.4 0.3 0.1 1967–68 … 88.8 10.7 0.3 0.2 1968–69 … 88.2 11.4 0.3 0.1 1969–70 … 89.0 10.4 0.5 0.1 1970–71 … 90.3 9.0 0.6 0.1 1971–72 … 89.2 10.2 0.5 0.1 1972–73 … 89.5 9.8 0.6 0.1 1973–74 (provisional) … 89.7 9.6 0.6 0.1 Estimates of future energy input into the CEGB system have been published on page 45 of the Minutes of Evidence to the Select Committee on Science and Technology (Energy Resources Sub-Committee), December 1973. Corresponding details of electricity supplied have not been published, but should be broadly represented by the energy input trends.
§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Energy what studies his Department has made of the power station
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§ Mr. StrangStatistics on deliveries of petroleum products for inland consumption are published monthly in the "Energy Trends" section ofTrade and Industry. Table 15, on page 480, of the issue for 30th May 1974 gives the following figures:
Deliveries of petroleum products for inland consumption Year … … … … thousand tons 1970 … … … … 89,404 1971 … … … … 90,073 1972 … … … … 96,157 1973 … … … … 97,774