HC Deb 15 February 1988 vol 127 cc512-3W
Mr. Thurnham

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement about the current energy requirements of British industry.

Table 2
Supply and use of fuels
Million therm
1985 1986 11987
1985 1986 Per cent. Change 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 4th quarter 1st quarter 2nd quarter 3rd quarter 1Per cent. Change
Final consumption by user2 Iron and steel industry
Coal 7 6 -14.3 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 —
Other solid fuel3 1,756 1,565 -10.9 412 447 348 332 439 464 464 404 +22.0
Other coal derived fuels4 286 283 -1.0 70 73 72 67 71 69 72 77 +14.9
Gas 464 433 -6.7 124 123 105 87 119 132 114 98 +13.1
Electricity 265 251 -5.3 66 68 65 55 63 68 67 60 +8.1
Petroleum 286 276 -3.5 65 68 66 75 67 70 64 58 -23.6
Total 3,063 2,814 -8.1 739 782 658 617 761 805 782 698 +13.1
Other industries7
Coal 1,862 2,075 +11.4 566 512 468 546 549 479 532 472 -13.6
Other solid fuel3 116 105 -9.5 27 27 24 27 27 15 11 22 -18 5
Other coal derived fuels4 25 20 -20.0 8 5 6 4 6 9 10 8 (+)
Gas5 5,462 4,946 -9.4 1,496 1,476 1,097 954 1,419 1,655 1,212 1,073 +12.5
Electricity 2,449 2,479 +1.2 618 657 613 579 630 660 605 596 +3.0
Petroleum 3,565 3,789 +6.3 865 1,156 929 822 882 1,026 726 685 -16.6
Total 13,478 13,414 -0.5 3,578 3,833 3,137 2,932 3,513 3,844 3,096 2,856 -2.6
1 Provisional.
2 Deliveries are used as a proxy for consumption, except for gas, electricity, and the iron and steel industry use of solid fuels.
3 Other solid fuel—coke and other manufactured solid fuels.
4 Other coal derived fuels—coke oven gas and creosote/pitch mixtures.
5 Gas—natural gas (supplied direct), and town gas.
6 The final column shows the per cent. change on the same quarter in the previous year.
7 'Industry'—broadly manufacturing plus construction.