Mr. Siliarsasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the current cost per
Deep-mined coal production Great Britain (million tones) Output per manshift overall at NCB collieries* (tones) January-September 1970 … … … … … 104.0 2.24 January-September 1971 … … … … … 103.8 2.25 January-September 1972 … … … … … 73.4 2.14 January-September 1973 … … … … … 94.5 2.34 January-September 1974 … … … … … 69.0 2.10 January-September 1975 … … … … … 86.0 2.26 January-September 1976 … … … … … 80.1 2.22 January-September 1977 … … … … … 77.8 2.18 January-September 1978 … … … … … 77.3 2.23 * Based on manshifts worked on revenue production.