HC Deb 24 March 1980 vol 981 cc422-3W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Energy, how many documents and reports his Department has published under the "Croham Directive" since May 1979; and if he will list them.

Mr. David Howell

The following documents and reports have been published by my Department since May 1979: Catalogue of Geothermal Data. Development of the oil and gas resources of the United Kingdom 1979. Energy Paper No. 34: Heat loads in British Cities. Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics. Energy Paper No. 35: Combined heat and electrical power generation in the United Kingdom. Energy Paper No. 36: Advisory Council on Energy Conservation. Energy Paper No. 9: Civil aviation energy considerations. Electricity: Report of the Secretary of State for Energy. Heating Generators: Setting and Enforcement of Performance Standard: A Consultative Document. Energy Paper No. 37: Advisory Council on Energy Conservation. Energy Paper No. 10: Report of the Publicity and Education Working Group. Energy Paper No. 38: Report on Research and Development 1977–78. Energy Paper No. 39: Energy technologies for the United Kingdom Vol. 1. Energy Paper No. 39: Energy technologies for the United Kingdom Vol. 2. Energy Paper No. 40: Advisory Council on Energy Conservation Report to the Secretary of State for Energy. Energy Audit Series No. 8: The Brewing Industry. Energy Paper No. 41: National Energy Policy. Energy Paper No. 42: Wave Energy. Energy Audit Series No. 9: The Coke-making Industry. Continental Shelf Act Annual Report. Environmental Impact of Renewable Energy Sources. Offshore Safety. Energy Consumption Labelling of Household Appliances: A Consultative Document. Energy Paper No. 43: Multi-national arrangements for the nuclear fuel cycle. Energy Projections 1979. Nuclear energy and the Nuclear industry. Vale of Belvoir Inquiry: Assessment of energy requirements. Development of large wind turbine generators. Interim report of the Working Group on fuel consumption targets. Combined power and space heating in industry. The Exploitation of Britain's Offshore Oil Resources. Risk Analysis of diving operations from dynamically positioned vessels.

PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN THE PRICE OF GAS, ELECTRICITY AND OIL OVER THE YEARS 1975 TO 1979
Oil
Gas Electricity Domestic
Year Domestic Industrial Domestic Industrial Heating Oils Motor spirit Industrial Heavy fuel Oil
1975–76 22 45 25 16 28 6 14
1976–77 17 37 14 15 24 7 27
1977–78 3 24 10 10 1 —5 —6
1978–79 3 11* 8 9* 27 32 17*
1975–79 52 175† 70 55† 105 42 93†
* Based upon information up to the first three quarters of both years.
† Based upon information related to the third quarter of 1979.