Energy Conservation (Hansard, 1 March 1991)

§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how much money has been allocated by the United Kingdom Government towards energy conservation in each of the last 10 years.

§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
Improvements in energy efficiency are promoted within a range of Government 637W programmes. Information on some of these was given in the 1989 National Audit Office report, "National Energy Efficiency" (HC 547). It is not normally possible to attribute expenditure between the energy efficiency and other objectives of the programmes, and reliable estimates of total expenditure in each of the last 10 years is not available.

§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what has been the annual budget of the Energy Efficiency Office in each year since 1986.

§ Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
Expenditure by the Energy Efficiency Office since 1986 is:

£ millions

1985–86 22.5

1986–87 24.5

1987–88 18.6

1988–89 18.5

1989–90 14.8

1990–91 ¹23.4

1991–92 ²41.9

¹Latest Estimates provision.

² Subject to the approval of Parliament.

	£ millions
1985–86	22.5
1986–87	24.5
1987–88	18.6
1988–89	18.5
1989–90	14.8
1990–91	¹23.4
1991–92	²41.9
¹Latest Estimates provision.
² Subject to the approval of Parliament.