HC Deb 03 December 1965 vol 721 cc274-7W
Mr. Shore

asked the Minister of Transport if he will bring up to date Tables 1, 2(i), 3(i) and 4(i), published in "The Transport Needs of Great Britain in the Next Twenty Years", 1963.

Mr. Tom Fraser

The following tables give such information as is readily avail

TABLE 1
ESTIMATED TON-MILES OF ROAD AND RAIL FREIGHT TRANSPORT
Thousand million ton-miles
1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
Rail
Coal and Coke … … 10.4 10.7 10.5 10.2 10.2 9.9 8.9
Iron and Steel … … 3.5 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.0
General Goods … … 8.5 8.4 8.1 7.6 7.4 7.3 6.5
Total rail† … … 22.4 22.8 22.1 21.4 21.4 20.9 18.4
Road
Total—as in Report … … 18.3 18.7 19.5 21.1 21.1 20.8 23.1
Revised* … … 18.8 19.7 21.1 23.0 23.2 22.9 25.2
Road and Rail
Total—as in Report … … 40.7 41.5 41.6 42.5 42.5 41.7 41.5
Revised* … … 41.2 42.5 43.2 44.4 44.6 43.8 43.6

Thousand million ton-miles
1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Rail
Coal and Coke … … … … 8.0 8.1 7.7 7.3 7.8 7.5
Iron and Steel … … … … 3.1 3.6 3.1 8.8 2.6 3.2
General Goods … … … … 6.6 6.9 6.8 5.0 5.3
Total rail† … … … … 17.7 18.7 17.6 16.1 15.4† 16.0†
Road
Total—as in Report … … … … 24.8 26.6 27.8
Revised* … … … … 28.1 30.1 32.3 33.6 35.0 38.5
Road and Rail
Total—as in Report … … … … 42.6 45.3 45.4
Revised* … … … … 45.8 48.8 49.9 49.7 50.4† 54.5†
Notes:
* These revisions reflect results derived from the Ministry's 1962 Survey of Road Goods Transport, not available at the time the original estimates were made (footnote to para. 20 of Report refers).
† Includes up to 1962, and excludes from 1963, free-hauled traffic on revenue-earning trains, amounting to about 1,000 million ton miles in 1963.

TABLE 2(i)
COAL
SUMMARY OF PAST CHANGES
Average 1952–1954 1960 Average annual percentage change 1952–4–1960 1964 Average annual percentage change 1960–1964
Total despatches of coal available for transport from pits and opencast sites (million tons)* 194 182 -0.9 182 —
Rail Traffic
Total revenue carryings of coal and coke (million tons)* 173 148 -2.2 147 -0.1
Average length of haul (miles) 56 52 51
Estimated revenue ton miles (million) 9,790 7,620 -3.6 7,470 -0.4
Road Traffic
Coal despatched from pits and opencast sites by road (million tons)* 26 38 +5.6 36 -1.1
* Excluding colliery consumption, miners' coal and railways' own consumption.

able to bring up to date the tables in the Report:

TABLE 3(i)
IRON AND STEEL: PRINCIPAL MATERIALS
SUMMARY OF PAST CHANGES
Average 1952–1954 1960 Average annual percentage change 1952–4–1960 1964 Average annual percentage change 1960–1964
Consumption (million tons)
Iron ore … … … 26.8 33.2 +3.1 33.9 +0.4
Limestone, dolomite, etc. … … … 4.6 6.1 +4.1 5.6 -1.7
Scrap … … … 7.4 9.9 +4.3 10.4 +1.0
Pig Iron* … … … 4.8 4.6 -0.6 3.7 -4.3
Semi-manufactures … … … 8.3 12.1 +5.4 13.5 +2.2
Total of above … … … 51.9 65.9 +3.5 67.1 +0.4
Rail carryings (million tons)
Iron ore … … … 16.0 18.0 +1.7 19.8 +1.9
Lime and Limestone … … … 7.1 8.1 +1.9 6.1 -5.5
Scrap … … … 6.6 6.8 +0.4 6.0 -2.5
Pig iron … … … 4.0 3.1 -3.6 2.2 -6.6
Semi-manufactures … … … 5.0 5.2 +0.6 4.2 -4.2
Total of above … … … 38.7 41.2 +0.9 38.3 -1.4
*Excluding hot metals.

TABLE 4(i)
IRON AND STEEL FINISHED PRODUCTS
SUMMARY OF PAST CHANGES
Average 1952–1954 1960 Average annual percentage change 1952–4–1960 1964 Average annual percentage change 1960–1964
Deliveries of iron castings and finished steel (million tons) 17.5 22.7 +3.8 24.5 +1.5
Rail Traffic
Revenue carryings of iron and steel products (million tons) 9.9 9.7 -0.3 10.4 +1.4

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