§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry by how much energy efficiency has improved in(a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in each year since 1997. [146124]
§ Mr. BradshawI have been asked to reply.
At present, figures are available only for the household sector, and for the UK as a whole. Figures for UK industry will be available in the spring. The household figures are:
Household energy efficiency Improvement on previous year (percentage)
1997 2.2 1998 0.5 1999 1.3 2000 2.1 2001 2.5 2002 2.5 The figures for 2002 are provisional.
The figures fluctuate considerably from year to year, but no more than historically, with the average annual improvement over this particular period very similar to that for the whole period from 1990, around 1.7 per cent. pa.