§ Mr. McGuireasked the Minister of Power how much fuel oil was used in power stations in 1966 and 1967; and how much he expects to be used in each of the next four years.
§ Mr. Freeson:The total consumption of oil at power stations in the United Kingdom was 7.3 million tons in 1966 705W and 7.4 million tons in 1967 (12.4 and 12.5 million tons of coal equivalent, respectively). I am not prepared to give forecasts on a year-by-year basis, but a contingent estimate of consumption of 11 million tons of coal equivalent for 1970 was given in Table E on page 66 of the White Paper on Fuel Policy (Cmnd. 3438).