HC Deb 01 February 1996 vol 270 c840W
Ms Lynne

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will estimate the percentage of extra fuel which is required to heat identical houses in(a) Rochdale and (b) the north-west of England using the Building Research Establishment domestic energy model and taking Bristol as the base case. [13103]

Mr. Robert B. Jones

The percentage of extra fuel required to heat a typical house with gas central heating is estimated to be as follows for each of the specified locations:

  1. (a) Rochdale +9 per cent. and
  2. (b) the North West of England: between +9 per cent. and +15 per cent. depending on precise location.

These figures have been calculated using the Building Research Establishment domestic energy model and taking Bristol as the base case.