HC Deb 04 July 1944 vol 401 cc1007-8W
Mr. Parker

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport if he will state for each year from 1938, indices, taking 1937 as 100, showing the coal consumption per ton mile of freight carried by the railways.

Mr. Noel-Baker

Figures of coal consumption per ton mile of freight carried are not readily available, and, having regard to the great pressure on railway staff at the present time, I regret that I should not feel justified in asking for the information to be specially compiled.