§ 32. Mr. McNair-Wilsonasked the Minister of Power if he will provide statistics of the age and quality of currently-held coal stocks.
§ Mr. MasonThe figures are in the following table. Slightly over half of the total consists of general purpose "smalls". It is not possible to estimate the ages of particular quantities currently in stock.
The latest figures—15th February, 1969—show that the quality of coal stocks held at N.C.B. deep-mined and opencast sites was as follows:
Million tons Unscreened 1.7 Large 1.8 Graded 2.2 Smalls 15.2 Anthracite 3.9 Inferior coal 1.0 Stocks in wagons .6 Total 26.6 Details of distributed stocks held by each consuming sector are given in the Ministry of Power's Weekly Statistical Statement.