HC Deb 05 May 1975 vol 891 cc296-9W
Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish in Official Report figures for manpower and production in each member country of the EEC since the inception of the European Steel and Coal Community.

Mr. John Smith

The figures for man power in the coal industry, and for the

A.MANPOWER: WORKERS AND OFFICIALS ON COLLIERY BOOKS* (THOUSANDS AT END OF YEAR) 1955–74
United Kingdom† German Federal Republic France Netherlands Belgium
1955 … 694.5 585.8 241.7 60.8 157.6
1956 … 697.6 598.4 238.2 61.3 149.8
1957 … 703.7 607.4 239.6 62.9 159.9
1958 … 681.1 585.6 235.7 63.5 146.9
1959 … 634.0 531.8 228.6 61.2 127.8
1960 … 583.0 490.2 213.3 58.6 108.9
1961 … 561.1 465.0 204.5 56.9 95.0
1962 … 536.2 433.6 199.7 57.3 91.0
1963 … 510.6 412.0 193.6 55.9 90.6
1964 … 484.5 398.5 188.1 55.7 90.6
1965 … 446.8 377.0 181.4 53.9 80.7
1966 … 414.4 333.9 172.5 47.0 67.9
1967 … 382.4 287.3 159.6 38.7 60.6
1968 … 324.5 264.0 141.7 32.7 53.9
1969 … 299.6 254.1 128.0 27.7 43.5
1970 … 283.1 250.1 117.0 24.9 39.8
1971 … 278.8 244.4 109.3 22.3 37.2
1972 … 266.0 220.6 99.5 19.7 34.9
1973 … 245.1 204.5 89.6 16.0 30.3
1974 … 246.5 .. .. .. ..
*In Italy, numbers fell from 7,000 in 1955 to zero at the end of 1972.
†At end September. Excluding officials.
..Not available.

B. TOTAL HARD COAL PRODUCTION* 1952–74
million metric tons
1952 … 228.5 144.8 55.4 12.8 30.4
1952 … 227.1 146.0 52.6 12.5 30.1
1954 … 227.4 150.3 54.4 12.4 29.2
1955 … 225.7 153.9 55.3 12.2 30.0
1956 … 226.1 57.5 55.1 12.1 29.6
1957 … 227.8 155.6 56.8 11.7 29.1
1958 … 219.8 154.5 57.7 12.3 27.1
1959 … 210.1 147.1 57.6 12.4 22.8
1960 … 197.8 148.0 56.0 12.8 22.5
1961 … 195.1 148.3 52.4 12.9 21.5
1962 … 202.6 147.1 52.4 11.8 21.2
1963 … 200.5 148.2 47.8 11.8 21.4
1964 … 198.0 148.4 53.0 11.8 21.3
1965 … 191.6 141.0 51.3 11.7 20.0
1966 … 178.9 131.6 50.3 10.3 17.5
1967 … 177.7 116.8 47.6 8.3 16.4
1968 … 169.9 117.2 41.9 6.9 14.8
1969 … 155.7 117.0 40.6 5.8 13.2
1970 … 147.1 17.0 37.4 4.5 11.4
1971 … 150.4 117.1 33.0 3.8 11.0
1972 … 121.8 108.7 29.8 2.9 10.5
1973 … 132.0 103.7 25.7 1.8 8.8
1974 … 110.3 101.5 22.9 0.8 8.1
*No hard coal is produced in Denmark or Luxembourg. The quantities produced in Ireland are negligible. In Italy, production fell from 1 million tons in 1952 to a negligible level in 1973.
† Including slurry recovered by other than the NCB.

Sources:

OECD Basic Statistics.

SOEC Yearbooks.

SOEC Press Notices.

Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics.

Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what will be the tonnage contribution of the British coal industry to the EEC Commission's cal

production of coal in the existing member countries of the EEC, are given below:

culated 250 million total of EEC coal output by 1985.

Mr. John Smith

It is expected to be about 135 million tons.