§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Energy what percentage of fuel provided to power stations consisted of (a) coal and (b) nuclear fuel in 1980, 1981 and 1982.
§ Mr. Giles ShawInformation on fuel used at public supply power stations, on a coal equivalent basis, is published in table 9 of my Department's monthly bulletin "Energy Trends", copies of which are available in the Library of the House. On this basis, the percentage shares of coal and nuclear electricity are as follows:
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Fuel used (coal equivalent basis)—United Kingdom percentage shares Coal* Nuclear electricity 1980 78.0 10.4 1981 79.2 11.0 1982 74.7 13.5 *Including small quantities of coke.