§ David HamiltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many miners were employed in the coal industry in each year since 1990 in(a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales. [60309]
§ Mr. WilsonSeparate figures for Scotland, England and Wales are not available prior to 1996. Figures listed below for the period 1990–95 are taken from British Coal Colliery books.
Total Scotland England Wales 1990 49.000 — — — 1991 38.000 — — — 1992 28,000 — — — 1993 10.000 — — — 1994 7.000 — — — 1995 12,000 — — — 1996 14,776 1,923 11,146 1,707 1997 17,300 2,370 13,505 1,425 1998 17,182 2,476 13,171 1,535 1999 14,215 2,103 10,898 1,214 2000 11,228 1,895 8,364 969 20011 11,430 2,038 8,384 1,008 1 Provisional Notes:
1. Figures up to 1994 record underground wage earners on British Coal Colliery books.
2. Figures from 1995 record the total number of persons employed during the year, and records deep mines only, including contractors.
Source:
1. Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1981.
2. The Coal Authority.
§ David HamiltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much coal was imported into England in each year since 1997. [60282]
§ Mr. WilsonTotal imports of coal into the UK since 1997, in millions of tonnes, were as follows:
986W
Million tones 1997 19.7 1998 21.2 1999 20.3 2000 23.4 20011 35.5
1 Provisional Source:
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 2001 (The Stationery Office); Energy Trends, March 2002 (DTI publication).
§ David HamiltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much anthracite has been produced in Wales in each year since 1997. [60307]
§ Mr. WilsonFigures which are provided by coal producers to the Coal Authority are restricted to preserve individual company confidentiality. Publicly available total production figures for Wales since 1987, in millions of tonnes, are shown below. The majority of coal produced in Wales is anthracite.
Million tones 1997 3.2 1998 2.5 1999 2.2 2000 2.1 20011 2.1 1 Provisional Source:
Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (The Stationery Office)
§ David HamiltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much deep-mined coal has been produced in(a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales in each year since 1997. [60279]
§ Mr. WilsonThe information available on the amount of deep-mined coal produced in Scotland, England and Wales relates to financial years and, in millions of tonnes, is as follows:
Output of deep-mined coal1 Scotland England Wales 1996–97 1.4 29.8 0.9 1997–98 1.9 25.4 0.8 1998–99 1.6 21.4 0.7 1999–2000 1.0 17.9 0.6 2000–01 0.7 15.9 0.7 2001–02 0.8 16.7 0.7 1 Output is the tonnage declared by operators to the Coal Authority, including estimated tonnages. Source:
Coal Authority data as published in the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 2001 (The Stationery Office).
§ David HamiltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people were employed in opencast production in each year since 1997 in(a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England. [60286]
§ Mr. WilsonThe number of people employed in opencast coal production in Scotland, Wales and England since 1997 was as follows:
Scotland Wales England 1997 1,169 632 1,918 1998 1,600 694 2,265 1999 1,301 550 1,882 2000 1,252 433 1,300 2001 1,267 456 1,068 2002 1,688 433 1,211 Source:
Coal Authority data as published in the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 2001 (The Stationery Office).
987W
§ David HamiltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much opencast coal has been produced in(a) Scotland, (b) England and (c) Wales in each year since 1997. [60280]
§ Mr. WilsonThe information available on the total amount of opencast coal produced in Scotland, England and Wales relates to financial years and was, in millions of tonnes, as follows:
Output of opencast coal1 Scotland England Wales 1996–97 5.4 8.4 2.3 1997–98 6.3 8.1 1.8 1998–99 6.4 7.0 1.5 1999–2000 7.2 6.2 1.5 2000–01 7.1 4.8 1.4 2001–02 8.2 4.9 1.2 1 Output is the tonnage declared by operators to the Coal Authority, including estimated tonnages. Source:
Coal Authority data as published in the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, 2001 (The Stationery Office).