§ Mr. Woofasked the Secretary of State for Energy what proportion of energy supply was produced by each type of power station for each of the last five years.
PERCENTAGE PROPORTIONS OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED BY PUBLIC SUPPLY POWER STATIONS, ACCORDING TO TYPE OF STATION: GREAT BRITAIN 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 Percentages 1975–76 (provisional) Type of Station Conventional Steam Stations: Oil fired … … 15.2 20.3 18.5 16.3 10.0 Coal fired and Other* … … 72.4 67.8 69.5 70.8 77.7 Nuclear stations … … 10.1 9.6 9.5 10.7 10.1 Hydro-electric stations† … … 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.9 Other stations‡ … … 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 * Includes stations fired by both coal and oil. † Includes pumped storage stations. ‡ Includes oil engine and gas turbine stations.