§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy, of the total volume of naphtha consumed in the United Kingdom for the most recent year for which figures are available, what percentage was used as a chemical feedstock and what percentage was employed as a component of petrol.
§ Mr. GrayI regret that statistics of raw naphtha, as a process oil, are not collected. Figures available in respect of net flows of finished petroleum products show that in 1978 deliveries of naphtha—light distillate feedstock—actual consumption data are not available—were 4,916,000 tonnes of which 4,850,000 tonnes were feedstocks for petro-chemical plants.
Total number of question answered Questions answered where information was not readily available, etc. Percentage Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … 674 9 1.34 Church Commissioners … … 6 — — Civil Service Department … … 194 3 1.55 Defence … … 570 8 1.40 Duchy of Lancaster … … 257 2 0.78 Education and Science … … 733 22 3.00 Employment … … 1,200 5 0.42 Energy … … 296 4 1.35 Environment … … 1,625 30 1.85 Foreign and Commonwealth Office … … 642 6 0.93 Health and Social Security … … 1,993 52 2.61 Home Office … … 1,257 68 5.41 House of Commons Commission … … 11 — — Industry … … 740 16 2.16 Law Officers' Department* … … 135 5 3.70 Lord Advocate's Department† … … 27 — — Northern Ireland Office … … 402 5 1.24 Overseas Development Administration … … 147 — — Paymaster General's Office … … 12 — — Prime Minister's Office … … 1,031 1 0.10 Scottish Office … … 714 5 0.70 Trade … … 750 42 5.60 Transport … … 980 19 1.94 Treasury … … 1,265 30 2.37 Welsh Office … … 483 22 4.55 16,144 354 2.19 * Attorney General's questions. † Solicitor General for Scotland's questions.