§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the approximate base load in thermal units of gas he expects to be generated by gas-burning electricity power stations from 1994 onward, the consequential depletion rate of known gas reserves in percentage of those known supplies, and the period he expects such supplies to be available.
§ Mr. EggarThe Government's coal review, published in March 1993 as Cm 2235 "The Prospects for Coal", contains a range of estimates of electricity generation frorn gas-fired power stations over the period 1993–94 to 1997–98 (table 11.3). The Department's Energy Paper No. 59 contains projections of the use of gas in power stations over a longer period up to 2020 (table 4.4). Drawing on these projections, the coal review contains estimates of the period over which United Kingdom gas reserves might meet overall gas demand (paras 7.12 to 7.14).