§ 75. Mr. Wainwrightasked the Minister of Power, on the basis of figures supplied to him for the Ministry of Power Statistical Digest, Table 96, the yearly amounts of coke, in tons, disposed of by the National Coal Board to the iron and steel industry from 1952 to 1959.
§ Mr. GeorgeFollowing is the information
Disposals of coke by the National Coal Board to blast furnaces and foundries in recent years have been as follows:
'000 tons 1952 4,081 1953 3,850 1954 3,762 1955 3,944 1956 3,782 1957 3,392 1958 2,406 1959 (provisional) 1,960