HC Deb 14 April 1980 vol 982 cc483-4W
Mr. Hooky

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what calculations have been made by his Department about the cost effectiveness of Government expenditure on saving energy, as compared with the same amount of expenditure on additional sources of supply.

Mr. John Moore

My Department performs calculations aimed at ensuring that energy conservation investment in the public sector shall be as cost-effective as investment in additional sources of energy supply and that encouragement for private sector conservation goes to equally effective activities.