§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the most recent forecasts for electricity sales 42W and maximum simultaneous demand in England and Wales and compare those forecasts with those made in 1979 and 1980.
§ Mr. Norman LamontForecasts for England and Wales are published each year in the electricity supply industry's medium-term development plan. Relevant figures from the 1979 and 1980 issues are shown below. The information shown below for 1981 will appear in the 1981 issue when it is published later in the year.
1979 1980 1981 Unit requirements (TWh) 1980–81 229.0 226.0 — 1981–82 234.0 226.0 217.0 1982–83 239.0 228.0 220.0 1983–84 244.0 231.0 223.0 1984–85 249.0 233.9 228.0 1985–86 255.0 236.6 232.0 1986–87 — 239.4 236.0 1987–88 — — 240.0 Unrestricted simultaneous maximum demand (GW) 1980–81 47.0 45.7 — 1981–82 48.0 45.8 44.0 1982–83 49.0 46.2 44.8 1983–84 50.1 46.8 45.4 1984–85 51.2 47.3 46.5 1985–86 52.4 47.9 47.3 1986–87 — 48.5 48.1 1987–88 — — 49.0