Coal Imports

HC Deb 05 February 1981 vol 998 cc166-7W

Mr. loan

Evans asked the Secretary of State for Energy what were the totals of imports of coal into the United Kingdom in the years 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980.

Mr. John Moore

Imports of coal in the years 1977 to 1980 were as follows:

	million tonnes
1977	2.4
1978	2.3
1979	4.4
1980	*7.5
*Provisional.

Coal imports in 1981 are expected to be about 2 million tonnes below the 1980 level.