Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many gigawhatt hours of electricity supplied by interconnectors was consumed in the UK in the last two 12 months periods.

In the 12 months from the start of the third quarter of 2017 to the end of the second quarter 2018, 20,485.12 GWh were supplied by interconnector imports.

In the 12 months from the start of the third quarter of 2016 to the end of the second quarter 2017, 16,933.35 GWh were supplied by interconnector imports.

Source: Energy Trends, National Statistics, table 5.6 (published quarterly) available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends