Coal Movement (Output Loss)

HC Deb 24 March 1947 vol 435 c144W

Sir R. Glyn

asked the Minister of Transport the actual loss of coal output from collieries for 1946, 1945 and 1944, owing to the inability of the railway companies to move it.

Mr. Barnes

The loss of coal output through rail transport difficulties in these years was approximately as follows:

				Tons
1944	…	…	…	588,000
1945	…	…	…	617,000
1946	…	…	…	350,000