§ Mr. John H. Osbornasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will tabulate in the Official Report the differences in energy consumption as between the industrial, domestic and transport, respectively, month by month and in total, indicating for each month whether local time is GMT or summer time.
§ Mr. BennInformation about energy consumption by final users is published in Table 3 of "Energy Trends" and is available only on a quarterly basis. Summer Time in 1975 ran from 16th March to 26th October but numerous factors influence energy consumption other than incidence of Summer Time. The following figures show the difference between the six-monthly "winter" and "summer" periods ending respectively on 31st March and 30th September 1975.
ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY FINAL USERS: HEAT SUPPLIED BASIS (Million therms) Six months ending Difference 31st March 1975 (1) 30th September 1975 (2) Col. (2) minus Col. (1) All final con sumers 32,865 24,125 −8,740 Of which: Industry 12,794 9,614 −3,180 Domestic 9,686 5,455 −4,231 Transport 5,974 6,383 +409