HC Deb 14 June 1971 vol 819 cc10-1W
Mr. Albu

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the figures of fuel consumption, coal equivalent, per capita in the United Kingdom and the United States of America so far as available to him from international sources, for the years 1960 to the latest available year.

Mr. Ridley

The following figures are derived from the United Nations Statistics Papers Series J—World Energy Supplies. Owing to differences in statistical convention, these estimates are not comparable with those for the United Kingdom published by this Department.

ESTIMATED ENERGY CONSUMPTION (long tons coal equivalent per capita)
United Kingdom United States of America
1960 4.83 7.89
1961 4.82 7.92
1962 4.85 8.13
1963 5.03 8.45
1964 5.02 8.77
1965 5.04 9.06
1966 5.01 9.47
1967 4.82 9.70
1968 4.92 10.17