Power Supply Requirements

Mr. Viggers
asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is his current estimate with regard to the United Kingdom's provision of power supplies by sources during the next 10 years.

Mr. Benn
The Department's forecasts of primary energy consumption given in evidence to the Select Committee on Science and Technology's Energy Resources Sub-Committee are published in the Minutes of Evidence (155-VIII) Annex C. These forecasts, which covered a range of assumptions, implied power generation levels in 1985 as follows: ---------
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