British industrial production increased by 2.0 percent in march compared with the previous month and gained at the same speed compared with the same month of last year, the Office for National Statistics reported on Tuesday. The report showed that total production output in Britain increased by 2.0 percent between February and March. Mining and quarrying output increased by 2.2 percent with an increase in oil and gas production output of 2.4 percent. Energy supply output decreased by 0.9 percent on the month with decreases in the electricity, gas and water supply outputs. Overall UK production output in March 2010 was 2.0 percent higher than in March 2009, the largest since March 2004. Output in the mining and quarrying sector decreased by 3.1 percent in March 2010 compared to the same month a year ago with a 3.8 percent decrease in oil and gas extraction. Over the same period, output of the energy supply industries fell by 1.8 percent with a decrease in electricity supply output being only partially offset by increases in gas and water supply output. 