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Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 March 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Friday, 20 March 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Amber Rudd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 March 2015 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Housing: Energy

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the change in levels of fuel usage in the last 10 years due to greater household energy efficiency.

Answer

Table 3.03 of the Energy Consumption in the UK publication, shows between 2003 and 2013, gas used by the domestic sector declined by 10.9 per cent whilst electricity declined by 7.8 per cent. These reductions include a range of .

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk

The National Energy Efficiency framework, published in June 2014 shows the savings experience in gas consumption for properties having cavity wall insulation and loft insulation installed in 2011.The full report can be accessed through this link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323939/National_Energy_Efficiency_Data-Framework_2014.pdf.

Savings have been estimated by comparing the gas consumption in properties before and after an energy efficiency measure has been installed with the change in consumption over the same period for similar properties which have not had a measure installed.

Further details on the methodology used to estimate the savings can be found through this link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/domestic-national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-need-methodology.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
227865
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Conservation Housing Energy Fuels
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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