§ Mr. Corbettasked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the spending by the Government in each of the last five years on new and renewable sources of energy broken down into its separate components such as solar, wave power, heat pump technology, wind generation and hot rock drilling.
§ Mr. Buchanan-SmithMy Department's expenditure was as follows:
New and renewable sources of energy 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83* £ million £ million £ million £ million £ million Wind 0.3 0.6 0.8 0.9 2.5 Wave 1.8 3.0 3.3 4.4 3.1 Aquifers 0.1 1.3 1.4 2.6 1.5 Hot dry rocks 0.1 0.0 0.9 5.6 3.0 Solar 0.2 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.4 Biofuels — 0.1 0.3 0.6 Tide 0.1 0.6 1.4 0.3 — Hydro-electric 0.0 — 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.6 6.8 9.1 15.0 12.2 Energy Technology 1.1 1.4 2.1 2.3 2.0 Support Unit Services 3.7 8.2 11.2 17.3 14.2 Heat pump technology† — 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 * Provisional. † Heat pump technology is part of the Department's energy conservation programme.