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Written question asked by Carolyn Harris (Labour) on Friday, 6 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 October 2017. It was answered by Lord Harrington of Watford (Conservative) on Monday, 16 October 2017 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Electricity: Consumption

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much electricity was consumed in each month in 2015-16.

Answer

Information on UK electricity consumption by month can be found in Energy Trends table 5.5, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends. The information requested is shown below:

UK electricity consumption

2015

Month

Electricity consumed (TWh)

January

29.87

February

27.36

March

28.35

April

25.17

May

24.74

June

23.44

July

24.48

August

23.55

September

24.18

October

25.57

November

26.82

December

27.45

2016

Month

Electricity consumed (TWh)

January

28.96

February

27.27

March

27.88

April

25.19

May

23.86

June

23.04

July

23.53

August

23.38

September

23.75

October

25.87

November

28.11

December

28.43

Source: Energy Trends table 5.5


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
106271
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Consumption Electricity
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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