HC Deb 03 December 1975 vol 901 c600W
Mr. Patrick Jenkin

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he intends to publish at regular intervals as White Papers or otherwise reports updating the document Energy Review: Policy Framework and Forecasts which appeared as Annex C to his Department's memorandum on Energy Conservation, dated 6th March 1975, submitted to the Energy Resources Sub-Committee of the Select Committee on Science and Technology.

Mr. Benn

The Department conducts energy reviews at intervals, so as to have available an up-to-date background to major policy decisions. The forecasts in Annex C of the Department's memorandum to the Energy Resources Sub-Committee of the Select Committee on Science and Technology were based on one of these reviews. Though I cannot undertake to publish a regular series, my Department will publish background material on energy matters as and when it can.