asked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement about the co-ordination between the different Departments responsible for the implementation of energy efficiency and conservation policy.

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy has responsibility for the

Employees in employment—Great Britain
Standard Industrial Classification 1980	Division or Class	June 1971	June 1979	June 1984
Energy and Water Supply	1	788·8	711·7	621·0
Coal extraction and manufacture of solid fuels	11	359·5	298·0	229·8
Extraction of mineral oil and natural gas	13	2·2	19·6	32·9
Mineral oil processing	14	30·7	33·1	23·0
Nuclear fuel production	15	19·9	17·8	15·6
Production and distribution of electricity, gas and other forms of energy	16	323·3	277·6	250·3
Water supply	17	44·1	59·8	64·3
Extraction of minerals and ores other than fuels; manufacture of metals, mineral products and chemicals	2	1,258·4	1,109·7	784·6
Metal manufacturing and extraction of metalliferous ores and minerals nes	21–23	506·1	409·4	249·7
Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products	24	316·3	273·4	194·4
Chemical industry	25	397·6	403·0	325·5
Production of man-made fibres	26	38·4	23·9	15·1
Metal goods, engineering and vehicles	3	3,655·1	3,338·0	2,563·8
Manufacture of metal goods nes	31	576·1	516·2	379·1
Mechanical engineering	32	1,125·2	1,010·5	772·4
Manufacture of office machinery and data processing equipment	33	87·1	81·8	72·7
Electrical and electronic engineering	34	795·3	737·9	648·6
Manufacture of motor vehicles and parts thereof	35	503·1	433·1	289·7
Manufacture of other transport equipment	36	432·7	432·2	292·6
Instrument engineering	37	135·5	126·3	108·8
Other manufacturing industries	4	2,996·9	2,665·6	2,066·9
Food, drink and tobacco manufacturing	41–42	774·0	715·0	610·6

Government's overall strategy for energy efficiency as well as for his Department's energy efficiency office. There are regular consultations between Departments on matters with energy efficiency impacts. The Government's publicity campaign is stimulating an upsurge of interest and activity in energy efficiency.