HC Deb 06 July 1954 vol 529 c163W
Colonel Clarke

asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the tonnages of coal and oil, respectively, consumed by the steel industries, apart from smelting, in the years 1948 to 1953, inclusive.

Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd

Excluding iron foundries, coke ovens and blast furnaces, the figures are as follow:

Year Thousand Tons
Coal Oil
1948 7,818 839
1949 7,822 926
1950 7,618 1,003
1951 7,341 1,017
1952 7,100 1,124
1953 6,594 1,328