§ Sir W. Darlingasked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the total tonnage of coal produced from all sources in Scotland; and what is the total tonnage of coal consumed in Scotland for the latest convenient period.
§ Mr. RobensThe provisional figures of total production of coal from all 81W sources in Scotland for 1948 amounted to 24.7 milion tons. Total disposals for inland consumption in Scotland amounted to 21.3 million tons and bunkers, shipments to Northern Ireland and exports abroad amounted to 3.1 million tons. The balance of 0.3 million tons represented the excess of the disposals of coal from Scotland to England over receipts of coal from England. Disposals 82W of Scottish large coal (the grade supplied to the house coal market) accounted for 9.2 million tons, of which 7.8 million tons were disposed of for consumption in Scotland, 1.2 million tons were disposed of as bunkers or were shipped to Northern Ireland, and 200,000 tons were exported abroad. In addition 400,000 tons were imported into Scotland from England.