HC Deb 09 April 1968 vol 762 c214W
Mr. Hooley

asked the Minister of Power if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the proportion of coal to other sources of energy used in the generation of electricity in the United Kingdom as compared with the United States of America, the European Economic Community, and Japan, details of which are available to him through international sources.

Mr. Freeson

On the basis of energy conversion factors appropriate to the United Kingdom, in 1966, coal accounted for 76 per cent. in the United Kingdom, approximately 55 per cent. in the United States of America, approximately 50 per cent. in the European Economic Community and approximately 25 per cent. in Japan.