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Norman Baker
TO ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what figures she has collated on the percentage of electricity generated lost in (a) transmission and (b) distribution in each EU country. [122217]
Mr. Timms
[holding answer 30 June 2003]: Information on electricity transmission and distribution losses in 2000 is to be found in "Electricity Information 2002" published by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The information requested is given in the following table. Transmission and distribution losses are not separately identified by the IEA.
| Country | Electricity supplied (TWh) | Transmission and distribution losses (TWh) | Losses as a percentage of electricity supplied |
| Luxembourg | 5.9 | 0.1 | 1.7 |
| Finland | 79.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| Netherlands | 104.9 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Belgium | 82.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
| Germany | 530.6 | 25.2 | 4.7 |
| Italy | 298.5 | 19.2 | 6.4 |
| Denmark | 35.3 | 2.3 | 6.5 |
| France | 440.6 | 29.9 | 6.8 |
| Austria | 57.4 | 4.1 | 7.1 |
| Sweden | 142.4 | 11.7 | 8.2 |
| United Kingdom | 369.3 | 30.8 | 8.3 |
| Portugal | 42.6 | 3.6 | 8.5 |
| Greece | 49.3 | 4.3 | 8.7 |
| Ireland | 22.3 | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| Spain | 214.8 | 20.0 | 9.3 |