§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish a table showing the annual increase or decrease in total energy consumption for each of 435W the EEC countries, the USA, Canada and Japan, since 1970, indicating for each the annual changes in gross domestic product.
Total energy consumption (i) Per cent change on previous year Gross domestic product (ii) 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 UK -1.0 +2.2 +4.1 -4.2 -5.3 +2.5 +2.6 +6.0 +0.3 -1.3 Germany +1.0 +4.8 +6.3 -2.1 -64 +3.1 +3.5 +4.8 +0.5 -2.3 France +4.5 +4.4 +12.1 -2.0 -66 +5.3 +5.8 +5.2 +2.9 -1.3 Italy -1.0 +8.2 +5.6 +0.8 -4.9 +1.6 +3.1 +6.8 +3.4 -3.7 Netherlands +3.3 +15.3 +5.3 -1.1 -3.3 +4.4 +3.9 +5.9 +2.4 -1.1 Belgium -1.0 +8.9 +4.4 -2.9 -7.8 +3.9 +5.4 +6.3 +3.9 -2.1 Luxembourg +0.5 +1.4 +5.8 +6.3 -21.1 +2.5 +4.4 +7.1 +3.4 -7.7 Ireland +7.8 -1.4 +5.7 -2.2 -5.0 +4.1 +5.1 +4.4 +0.1 -0.3 Denmark -5.0 +3.0 +0.7 -8.8 -1.6 +3.7 +4.3 +2.9 +0.3 -0.7 USA +2.8 +4.8 +3.1 -0.1 -3.0 +2.9 +5.6 +5.3 -1.7 -1.4 Canada +4.6 +11.4 +6.4 +1.6 +2.8 +6.6 +5.6 +7.2 +3.2 +0.5 Japan +2.3 +7.3 +8.3 -01 -1.7 +7.3 +8.9 +9.8 -0.9 +2.0
Notes: (i) Total energy requirements, includes fuels used for non-energy purposes and non-energy petroleum products. (ii) At market prices. Sources: Energy balances of OECD countries SOEC: National Accounts, ESA Aggregates 1960–1975. National Accounts OECD countries 1975.