HC Deb 26 February 1991 vol 186 c446W
Dr. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what information he has on the proportion of energy used(a) in housing, (b) commercial, (c) industrial and (d) public buildings in 1989 and 1990.

Mr. Heathcoat-Amory

The estimated proportions of United Kingdom expenditure on energy in 1989 accounted for by different categories of building are as follows:

Housing 27 per cent.; Public 4 per cent.; Commercial 9 per cent.; Industrial 3 per cent.

Data for 1990 is not yet available.

Source: Table 9 of the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1990 and Building Research Establishment publications.

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