§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the total quantity of electricity, in terawatt hours, supplied from Wales to the distribution system for every year since 1975; and what proportion of this electricity was sold to customers in Wales.
§ Mr. Norman LamontFigures For electricity generation, distribution and sales are published annually in the Digest of Welsh Statistics. for convenience the information requested is given in the following table:
Electricity supplied to the distribution system. TWh 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 18.6 21.6* 23.0 23.7 25.5 20.6 Sales to consumers in Wales as a percentage of above
63.7 58.3 56.3 55.7 56.1 61.7 *53 week period
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Energy what were the markets for electricity in Wales for every year since 1975.
§ Mr. Norman LamontSales of electricity by category of consumer in Wales are published annually in the Digest of Welsh Statistics. For convenience the information is reproduced in the following table:
Nuclear electricity generated as a percentage of total electricity generated by public supply power stations—United Kingdom percentage 1961 — 1962 0.7 1963 2.2 1964 3.2 1965 7.2 1966 9.7 1967 11.1 1968 11.8 1969 11.6 1970 9.6 1971 9.8 1972 10.4 1973 9.1 1974 11.7 1975 10.6 1976 12.7 1977 13.9 1978 12.5 1979 12.4 1980 12.6