§ 30. Mr. Hardyasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the volume of United Kingdom gas consumption during the last quarter and the proportion by which this exceeded consumption in the same quarter in 1976 and 1977.
§ Dr. John CunninghamThe latest quarter for which information is available is that ending 31st December 1977. For the quarter ending 31st December gas consumption was 3,857 million therms in 1975; 4,218 million therms in 1976; and 4,256 million therms in 1977. These figures show a percentage increase of 9.35 between 1975 and 1976, and 0.90 between 1976 and 1977.