§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Energy what are the present stocks of coal distributed and undistributed; and what were the comparable figures in 1974.
§ Mr. EadieDetails of stocks of coal in Great Britain are published regularly in Table 8 of Energy Trends, available in the Library of the House. The latest information, which will be published in the October issue of Energy Trends, is as follows:
Week ending Distributed * Thousand tons Undistributed 28th September 1974 15,130 6,403 27th September 1975 20,173 8,185 * Excluding stocks held in merchants' yards mainly for the domestic market, and stocks held by the industrial sector.