§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list, by detailing the money spent and by the amount used, the top 10 sectoral consumers of fuel oil in the calendar years 1976 to 1979 inclusive.
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§ Mr. GrayAn analysis of inland of gas/diesel and fuel oils is given in the digest of United Kingdom energy statistics published annually by
INLAND DELIVERIES OF FUEL OIL Thousand tonnes 1976 1977 1978 1979 Electricity generation 10,081 10,161 11,145 10,715 Steel manufacture 2,787 2,573 2,435 2,461 "Other" chemicals (including petroleum chemicals) 2,355 2,559 2,547 2,435 Paper making 1,075 1,036 1,111 1,074 Medical and welfare establishments 821 936 880 821 General non-electrical engineering 640 666 651 613 Drink industries 622 633 668 614 Man-made fibres 577 576 572 558 "Other" manufacturing industries 647 531 549 541 Glass manufacture 594 552 545 529 I regret that details of prices paid or total values are not available. However, an indication of money spent may be obtained by using the results of a continuing survey of large industrial consumers conducted for the department. The average prices of heavy fuel oil used by manufacturing industry establishments included in the survey were £43.2, £54.7, £51.3 and £63.8 per tonne in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979 respectively.