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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many gigawatt hours of electricity was exported from the UK through interconnectors in (a) the last 12 months and (b) 2012.

The total gigawatt hours of electricity exported from the UK through interconnectors in (a) the 12 months from the start of the third quarter of 2017 to the end of the second quarter of 2018 was 3,023.6 GWh, and (b) 1,910.39 GWh in 2012.

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