Energy Conservation (Hansard, 23 March 1981)

§ 23. Mr. Chapman
asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on total energy consumption in the last 12 months as compared with the previous year and progress on his energy conservation programme.

§ Mr. John Moore
Provisional figures for 1980 show that the total United Kingdom energy consumption on a primary fuel input basis was 7.5 per cent. less than in 1979 and the lowest level since 1975. As regards the progress of the conservation programme, I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave my hon. Friends the Members for East Grinstead (Mr. Johnston Smith) and for Bath (Mr. Patten) on 23 February 1981.

§ 30. Mr. Edwin Wainwright
asked the Secretary of State for Energy how much money has been spent on conserving energy over each of the past four years; and what is the estimated figure for the current year.

§ Mr. John Moore
It is not possible to give details of total expenditure on energy conservation, since a large part of this results from countless individual and private sector decisions. Government expenditure on separately identifiable energy conservation programmes was as follows:

£ million outturn

1976–7 5

1977–8 5

1978–9 60

1979–80 106

1980–81 123 (estimated)

	£ million outturn
1976–7	5
1977–8	5
1978–9	60
1979–80	106
1980–81	123 (estimated)