Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Thursday, 20 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 May 2004. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 May 2004 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what percentage of domestic properties in Great Britain are heated by (a) electricity, (b) solid fuel and (c) natural gas. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Gregory Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of domestic properties in Great Britain are heated by (a) electricity, (b) solid fuel and (c) natural gas. [175857] Mr. Timms: Information on the fuels used to heat domestic properties in Great Britain is published by BRE in its Domestic Energy Fact File. The latest available data relate to 2001, and are shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Main form of heating in 2001 (percentage) Type of dwelling Number of homes Solid fuel Electric heating Gas heating Oil heating Other form of heating heating Centrally heated 22,030,000 3.02 10.78 79.79 4.29 2.12 Non-centrally heated 2,392,000 12.76 31.25 53.35 0.00 2.64 All 24,422,000 3.98 12.78 77.20 3.87 2.17 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 175857; 421 c1563-4W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Housing Energy Electricity Households Heating Fuels Natural gas Solid fuels
Contains statistics: Yes
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