§ Mr. Formanasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will set out in tabular form the percentage of energy self-sufficiency attained by the United Kingdom in each of the years from 1970
PERCENTAGE OF ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY* 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 United Kingdom … 54.9 50.5 50.3 51.7 49.8 56.8 61.8 Germany … … 52.3 49.6 46.9 45.2 48.9 44.9 43.3 France … … 28.9 26.9 25.0 21.8 17.6 26.2 20.5 Italy … … … 18.2 18.1 18.9 17.0 16.8 20.9 18.2 Netherlands … … 57.7 73.8 84.1 93.7 109.1 124.6 118.6 Belgium … … 18.2 15.4 17.3 13.5 8.8 15.3 17.6 Luxembourg … … 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 Ireland … … … 18.2 14.2 17.4 15.9 14.1 15.4 18.4 Denmark … … 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.0 * 100 [1- Imports minus exports minus international marine bunkers/Gross inland consumption of primary fuels and equivalents] Source: Statistical Office of the European Communities—Overall Energy Balance Sheets 1963–76.