§ 93. Mr. W. Robson-Brownasked the Minister of Fuel and Power if the National Coal Board output target is based on coal raised at the pithead or on invoiced deliveries; and what is the difference in tonnage between these two figures.
§ Mr. P. Noel-BakerThe National Coal Board's forecast of production is for saleable output, that is the tonnage of coal produced for sale after cleaning and screening, together with the tonnage used by the collieries themselves, and supplied to miners as free and concessionary coal, which, of course, is also cleaned and screened. In 1949, the saleable output was 18.3 million tons less than the total tonnage raised and weighed.