Mining Subsidence

HC Deb 16 March 1965 vol 708 cc240-1W

88. Mr. Wainwright

asked the Minister of Power if he will give the cost to the National Coal Board of damage caused by subsidence for the years 1960 to 1964, respectively.

Mr. John Morris

The provisions made by the National Coal Board for subsidence are shown as a separate item of costs, i.e. surface damage, in the Board's published Accounts in Schedule X for 1960 and 1961, Schedule IX for 1962 and Table 2 for 1963–64.