HC Deb 16 February 1977 vol 926 cc277-8W
Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the annual rate of growth of electricity consumption compared with the annual rate of growth of gross domestic product for each year since 1945 to the latest available date.

Mr. Eadie

Following are the figures requested. The earliest year for which comparable figures are available is 1948.

Per cent. change on previous year
Electricity available* Gross domestic product at constant factor cost†
1949 … 5.5‡ 3.7
1950 … 12.21‡ 3.2
1951 … 9.21‡ 2.9
1952 … 3.8 -0.3
1953 … 5.3 4.0
1954 … 11.2 4.0
1955 … 9.7 3.7
1956 … 8.6 1.3
1957 … 4.6 1.6
1958 … 8.6 -0.1
1959 … 7.6 3.9
1960 … 13.8 5.7
1961 … 7.4 2.5
1962 … 10.7 1.3
1963 … 8.2 3.7
1964 … 5.1 5.9
1965 … 7.5 2.8
1966 … 3.7 1.8
1967 … 3.2 2.2
1968 … 7.3 4.0
1969 … 6.6 2.1
1970 … 4.5 2.0
1971 … 3.2 1.7
1972 … 3.1 2.6
1973 … 6.8 5.7
1974 … -3.3 -0.1
1975 … 0.2 -2.1
1976 … 0.9 0.7§
* Public electricity supply system.
† The GDP used is the average of income, expenditure and output measures.
‡ Includes some estimation.
§ Preliminary estimate.

Mr. Forman

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the growth of energy consumption per capita compared with the growth of gross domestic product per capita for each year since 1945 to the latest available date.

Mr. Eadie

Following are the figures requested. The first year for which comparable figures are available is 1948.

Per cent. change on previous year
Energy consumption per capita* Gross domestic product at constant factor cost per capita†
1949 … 0.7 3.1
1950 … 4.0 2.7
1951 … 3.6 2.9
1952 … -0.9 -0.7
1953 … 1.3 3.7
1954 … 4.1 3.6
1955 … 1.5 3.4
1956 … 1.0 0.9
1957 … -3.0 1.2
1958 … 0.2 -0.6
1959 … -1.5 3.4
1960 … 7.0 4.9
1961 … -0.8 1.7
1962 … 2.4 0.4
1963 … 3.3 3.2
1964 … 0.2 5.2
1965 … 3.4 2.1
1966 … -0.5 1.3
1967 … -0.7 1.6
1968 … 3.3 3.5
1969 … 3.2 1.7
1970 … 3.3 1.7
1971 … -2.0 1.4
1972 … 1.7 2.3
1973 … 4.4 5.4
1974 … -4.5 -0.2
1975 … -3.9 -2.1
1976 … 1.6 0.7‡
* Primary fuel input basis.
† The GDP used is the average of income, expenditure and output measures.
‡ Preliminary estimate.