HC Deb 05 March 1997 vol 291 c635W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much more fuel it takes to heat a typical semi-detached house with(a) gas central heating and (b) non-white meter electric heating in (i) Braemar, (ii) Lerwick, (iii) Aberdeen, (iv) Edinburgh, (v) Dundee and (vi) Glasgow than a similar house in Bristol using the data contained in the climatic severity index. [18687]

Mr. Clappison

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

  1. (i) Braemar +32 per cent.
  2. (ii)Lerwick +48 per cent.
  3. (iii)Aberdeen +32 per cent.
  4. (iv)Edinburgh +25 per cent.
  5. (v)Dundee +25 per cent.
  6. (vi)Glasgow +23 per cent.

The percentage of extra fuel required to heat a typical semi-detached house with (b) non-white electric heating is estimated to be as follows for each of the specified locations:

  1. (i)Braemar +32 per cent.
  2. (ii)Lerwick +47 per cent.
  3. (iii)Aberdeen +32 per cent.
  4. (iv)Edinburgh +25 per cent.
  5. (iv) Dundee +25 per cent.
  6. (vi) Glasgow +23 per cent.

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