§ Mr. John Evansasked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what was the estimated value of coal stockpiled in the United Kingdom;
(2) what is the total tonnage of coal stockpiled in the United Kingdom at the latest available date; and what were the 536W figures for each quarter from January 1974.
§ Mr. EadieCoal stock statistics are published monthly in the "Monthly Digest of Statistics"—Table 60—and in "Energy Trends"—Table 8. For convenience, the figures are given below.
Total recorded coal stocks in Great Britain at end of period million tons December 1973 27.4 March 1974 18.8 June 1974 20.6 September 1974 21.5 December 1974 21.5 March 1975 21.3 June 1975 25.3 September 1975 28.4 December 1975 30.8 The estimated value of the stocks held at the end of December 1975 was approximately £500 million.