§ Mr. Bob Dunnasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in the Official Report the number of consumers of domestic heating oil for each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GrayInformation on the total numbers of consumers of domestic heating oil is not available. The following table gives estimates, for the number of domestic households with oil fired central heating systems.
Estimated number of households with an oil fired central heating system Year Thousands 1970 465 1971 558 1972 655 1973 692 1974 697 1975 680 1976 666 1977 772 1978 783 1979 692 1980 613 1981 not available Note:
These estimates are taken from reports produced by Audits of Great Britain and relate to December of each year.