Trade and Industry written question – answered at on 25 May 2004.
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.
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) | ||||||
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Type of dwelling | Number of homes | Solid fuel heating | Electric heating | Gas heating | Oil heating | Other form of 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 |
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