§ Mrs. Curtis-ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what studies her Department has made of the possible effects of the European Commission's Chemicals Policy Review on the 151W international competitiveness of (a) the UK chemical industry itself and (b) the rest of the UK manufacturing industry. [81102]
§ Alan Johnson[holding answer 19 November 2002]My right hon. Friend, the Minister of State for the Environment, has overall responsibility for the EU Chemicals Strategy, including responsibility for the assessment of the regulatory impact of those proposals. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is actively involved in the development of policy on this issue. In May 2001, the Government prepared a preliminary regulatory impact assessment of the proposals in the European Commission's White Paper "Strategy for a Future Chemicals Policy", COM(2001) 88. A further regulatory impact assessment will be required when proposals for the European Commission's legislation are available, and DTI will be fully involved in determining the scope and content of that assessment. It will include an assessment of the implications of the proposed legislation for the international competitiveness of the
Electricity supplied by fuel, 1972 to 20011 Percentage Total GWh Gas2 Other fossil fuels Nuclear Renewables excluding hydro
Hydro Total 1972 245,15 — 87.8 10.5 — 1.7 100 1973 262,63 — 89 9.3 — 1.7 100 1974 254,14 — 86.6 11.5 — 1.9 100 1975 253,71 — 87.6 10.4 — 1.9 100 1976 257,70 — 85.9 12.1 — 2 100 1977 263,61 — 84.9 13.1 — 2 100 1978 268,80 — 86 12.1 — 1.9 100 1979 280,16 — 86.2 11.9 — 1.9 100 1980 266,31 — 86 12.1 — 1.9 100 1981 259,93 — 85.2 12.8 — 2.1 100 1982 255.083 — 82.6 15.2 — 2.2 100 1983 259,36 — 80.6 16.9 — 2.5 100 1984 264,14 — 79.9 17.9 — 2.3 100 1985 277.922 — 78.2 19.3 — 2.4 100 1986 281,46 — 79.1 18.4 — 2.4 100 1987 282,51 — 80.7 17.1 — 2.2 100 1988 288.599 — 78.3 19.3 — 2.4 100 1989 294,32 — 75.9 21.6 0.2 2.2 100 1990 300.128 0.1 77.8 19.5 0.2 2.4 100 1991 302,76 0.2 76.8 20.7 0.3 2 100 1992 300,80 1.1 73.2 23 0.3 2.3 100 1993 303,81 7.6 63.4 26.7 0.4 1.9 100 1994 308,98 12.2 59.3 25.9 0.6 2.1 100 1995 319,90 19.8 52.4 25.2 0.6 2 100 1996 334,78 24.7 47.4 25.6 0.8 1.5 100 1997 334,10 32.8 37.9 26.7 1 1.7 100 1998 345,29 33.7 37 26.2 1.2 1.9 100 1999 351,44 39.7 31.6 24.9 1.4 2.3 100 2000 360,97 40.2 34.5 21.7 1.5 2.1 100 2001 368,45 37.8 36.3 22.5 1.6 1.7 100 1 Electricity supplied is here measured on a "gross" basis, ie hydro includes production from pumped storage stations and "other fuels" include the electricity supplied for use in pumping at pumped storage stations.
2 Prior to 1995 figures are for Combined Cycle Gas Turbines only. Source:
Department of Trade and Industry