§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the total amount of electricity consumed in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Giles ShawElectricity available for consumption, that is, from the public electricity supply industry and from industrial producers, in the United Kingdom for the latest five years was as follows:
Million kilowatt hours 1979 278,736 1980 264,862 1981 258,743 1982 253,228 1983 255,854 The figures exclude electricity used by power stations for lighting auxiliary power or pumping.