HC Deb 12 February 2002 vol 380 c293W
Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what advice Ministers in her Department have sought from the head of her Department regarding the propriety of members of their personal staff receiving payments from companies that are involved in commercial negotiations with her Department; and if she will make a statement. [34420]

Ms Hewitt

It is the responsibility of Ministers to ensure that no conflict of interest, or apparent conflict of interest arises between their personal affairs and their ministerial responsibilities, as set out in the Ministerial Code. Details of advice given by officials to Ministers are not disclosed.

Retail sales of road transportation fuels
Thousand tonnes per annum
Fuels England and Wales1 Scotland Northern Ireland United Kingdom
1998
DERV fuel 5,916 564 122 6,602
Of which:
ultra low sulphur diesel2 n/a n/a n/a 702
Unleaded petrol 15,355 1,148 338 16,841
4-star/lead replacement petrol3 4,301 225 69 4,595
Liquid petroleum gas4 n/a n/a n/a 4
1999
DERV fuel 6,478 566 93 7,137
Of which:
ultra low sulphur diesel2 n/a n/a n/a 6,066
Unleaded petrol 17,253 1,247 281 18,781
4-star/lead replacement petrol3 2,478 117 34 2,629
Liquid petroleum gas4 n/a n/a n/a 8
2000
DERV fuel 6,925 462 76 7,463
Of which:
ultra low sulphur diesel2 6,925 462 76 7,463
Unleaded petrol 18,048 1,094 269 19,411
4-star/lead replacement petrol3 1,394 51 17 1,462
Liquid petroleum gas4 n/a n/a n/a 22
1 Separate data on retail sales in Wales are not available.
2 Data are not available on retail sales of ultra low sulphur diesel (ULSD) in 1998 and 1999 broken down by nation. These years cover the period when it was replacing, and co-mingling with, ordinary diesel or DERV fuel at retail stations. By 2000 all supplies entering the retail market were of ULSD.
3 Four-star leaded petrol was phased out at the end of 1999. As such, the data provided include sales of lead replacement petrol as it was replacing, and co-mingling with, leaded petrol at retail stations.
4 Although increasing rapidly, the use of liquid petroleum gas as a road fuel is still relatively minor at the moment, and so a breakdown by nation is not available

Source:

Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics: Energy Trends, September 2001 edition.