HC Deb 31 March 2003 vol 402 c505W
Mr. David Stewart

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action she is taking to promote the use of Post Office card accounts. [105776]

Mr. Timms

The Post Office card account is one of a range of accounts that people can use to receive benefit payments into, and which will enable people who wish

Biodegradable municipal solid waste Waste tyres
Used to generate heat (thousand tonnes of oil equivalent) Percentage of total renewables and wastes used to generate heat Electricity generated (GWh) Percentage of total electricity generate from renewables and wastes Used to generated heat (thousand tonnes of oil equivalent) Percentage of total renewables and wastes used to generate heat Electricity generated (GWh) Percentage of total electricity from generated renewables and wastes
1992 49.0 11.2 177 2.7 3.7 0.8
1993 44.9 6.9 251 4.3 3.9 0.6 18 0.3
1994 46.8 5.2 449 6.1 3.4 0.4 88 1.2
1995 48.5 5.1 471 6.5 2.3 0.2 135 1.9
1996 50.6 5.3 490 8.0 129 2.1
1997 14.3 1.5 585 7.9 139 1.9
1998 24.1 2.8 849 9.2 84 0.9
1999 32.0 4.0 856 8.4 55 0.5
2000 40.6 5.6 862 8.2 26 0.2
2001 46.5 6.6 948 9.4

Notes:

1. '—' means nil or negligible (less than half the final digit shown).

2. As waste tyres are not a biodegradable waste, the two sets of figures have not been added together.

Source:

Digests of United Kingdom Energy Statistics