HL Deb 16 December 1980 vol 415 c1095WA
The Earl of Lauderdale

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much energy per unit of output has been used in manufacturing industry in each year since 1973 (1973=100) in the United Kingdom, United States of America, Federal Republic of Germany, France and Japan.

The Earl of Gowrie

The following figures have been calculated by dividing index numbers of industrial energy consumption by index numbers of manufacturing industries' production. I regret that energy consumption figures for countries other than the United Kingdom are not available on a consistent basis except for the years 1974 to 1978, and for this reason 1974 has been taken as the base year.

INDEX NUMBERS OF ENERGY INTENSITY MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 1970 = 100
United United FR of
Kingdom States Germany France Japan
1973 106.6 .. .. .. ..
1974 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1975 98.4 100.6 92.3 95.3 102.3
1976 100.9 97.7 86.8 92.2 106.4
1977 99.3 90.8 79.7 90.2 100.7
1978 96.9 85.5 83.4 92.2 95.8
1979 99.7 .. .. .. ..
=not available.

The figures other than for the United Kingdom are derived from OECD sources.