§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in theOfficial Report a table showing the level of Government spending on energy conservation over the past five years.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe expenditure by the energy efficiency office over the last five years is as follows:
£ million 1983–84 11.4 1984–85 17.5 1985–86 22.5 1986–87 24.5 1987–88 18.6 The programmes of a number of other Government Departments also contribute to the improvement of energy efficiency, but in most cases the energy efficiency element is not identified separately. However figures are available for the homes insulation scheme, operated by the Department of the Environment, under which expenditure over the same period was as follows:
£ million 1983–84 22.5 1984–85 25.3 1985–86 28.0 1986–87 26.5 1987–88 121.6 1 Provisional.