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Mr. Hooley
asked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the approximate total capital expenditure in the United Kingdom of each of the main energy producing industries, gas, oil, coal and electricity, in each of the years from 1970 to 1981 at cash prices and at constant 1980 values.
| Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation in the Energy Industries (£ million) | ||||||||||||
| Current Prices | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981* |
| Coal Mining | 56 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 83 | 150 | 225 | 290 | 432 | 518 | 776 | 745 |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas† | 49 | 60 | 109 | 213 | 592 | 1,374 | 2,070 | 2,108 | 2,168 | 2,064 | 2,389 | 2,817 |
| Coal and Petroleum Products‡ | 83 | 131 | 118 | 50 | 73 | 111 | 106 | 98 | 189 | 314 | 375 | 424 |
| Gas = | 192 | 167 | 119 | 109 | 195 | 341 | 325 | 280 | 304 | 434 | 679 | 721 |
| Electricity | 487 | 505 | 483 | 524 | 602 | 775 | 879 | 876 | 870 | 930 | 1,088 | 1,386 |
| Total | 867 | 924 | 889 | 957 | 1,545 | 2,751 | 3,605 | 3,652 | 3,963 | 4,260 | 5,307 | 6,093 |
| Constant (1975) prices | ||||||||||||
| Coal Mining | 103 | 103 | 88 | 85 | 103 | 150 | 193 | 220 | 297 | 314 | 405 | 349 |
| Petroleum and Natural Gas | 121 | 126 | 211 | 327 | 691 | 1,374 | 1,843 | 1,699 | 1,577 | 1,296 | 1,234 | 1,338 |
| Coal and Petroleum Products | 176 | 251 | 214 | 85 | 91 | 111 | 91 | 73 | 126 | 188 | 191 | 206 |
| Gas | 427 | 338 | 216 | 172 | 244 | 341 | 286 | 225 | 223 | 273 | 342 | 331 |
| Electricity | 964 | 898 | 797 | 797 | 754 | 775 | 754 | 664 | 596 | 563 | 554 | 643 |
| Total | 1,791 | 1,716 | 1,526 | 1,466 | 1,883 | 2,751 | 3,167 | 2,881 | 2,819 | 2,634 | 2,726 | 2,867 |
Sources: CSO National Income and Expenditure 1981 Unpublished CSO figures.
Notes:
* Provisional figures
† Extraction and Exploration
‡ Coke production, oil refining etc.
= Gas processing and distribution