HC Deb 01 December 1958 vol 596 c93W
Mr. Lewis

asked the Paymaster-General whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the rise and fall in coal and fuel production for each of the months from January, 1951, until December, 1951, compared with January, 1958, until the latest convenient monthly stated date, using as the basis, January, 1951, being equal to 100.

Sir I. Horobin

The following are the figures for coal:

INDEX OF COAL PRODUCTION (JANUARY, 1951=100)
1951 1958
January 100 102
February 107 109
March 101 108
April 109 101
May 100 105
June 102 96
July 94 88
August 82 70
September 105 98
October 107 103
November 108 105
December 101

Indices of total production of indigenous primary fuels would differ only fractionally from those of coal.