§ Mr. Derek TwiggTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is his estimate of the quantity of hydrocarbons in industrial use in the UK(a) in total and (b) by each standard industrial sector classification. [120428]
§ Mr. Meacher[holding answer 8 May 2000]: This information is not currently available to the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions and could not be collated without incurring disproportionate cost.
Hydrocarbons are common organic compounds, examples of which include natural gas; butane; propane; petroleum, diesel fuels, diesel oils, motor oils, motor fuels, marine oils, marine fuels, hydraulic fluids, crude oil, lubricating oils. As their type and application are so widely varied the collection of this information would prove extremely resource intensive.