HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 c811W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what is, for each year since 1974, the total public expenditure on energy conservation schemes.

Mr. Peter Morrison

Expenditure by my Department on energy efficiency programmes since 1979 is as follows:

Year £ millions
1979/80 2.4
1980/81 4.5
1981/82 6.9
1982/83 9.4
1983/84 11.4
1984/85 17.5
1985/86 122.5
1986/87 124.5
1987/88 18.6
1988/89 18.5
11986 was Energy Efficiency Year.

Budget allocation for 1989–90 is £15 million. Information on years before 1979–80 is not readily available on a comparable basis.