Mr. RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much (a) kerosene and (b) gas oil was used industrially in the last year for which figures are available. [108711]
§ Mrs. LiddellThe latest published data show that during 1998 the amounts of kerosene and gas oil used by industry were 841 and 2,894 thousand tonnes respectively, the latter figure including some eight thousand tonnes of gas oil used by industry for on-site generation of electricity during the year. The figure for gas oil does not include any amount of gas diesel oil used as a fuel for round transport, i.e. DERV fuel. Information on the amount of DERV fuel used by industry is not available. Preliminary figures for 1999 suggest that industrial kerosene use has increased by approximately 15 per cent. while industrial gas oil use has decreased by approximately 10 per cent.