HC Deb 09 November 2000 vol 356 c333W
Mr. Simon Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of UK electricity was provided by nuclear power stations for each of the last 10 years. [137216]

Mrs. Liddell

Nuclear power stations accounted for the following percentages of electricity supplied in the UK by major power producers:

Year Percentage from nuclear
1990 21
1991 22
1992 24
1993 28
1994 28
1995 27
1996 28
1997 29
1998 29
1999 28

Source:

Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 2000 (Electricity supplied is measured net of use for pumping at pumped storage stations)