Fuel Oil

HC Deb 02 June 1960 vol 624 cc160-1W

Mr. H. Wilson

asked the Minister of Power if he will state for 1959 the figures of fuel oil delivered for inland consumption on a basis comparable to that used in Table III, column 18, of his Department's Statistical Digest for 1958, and for 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959, the coal equivalent of the fuel oil so delivered.

Mr. George

The figures are as follows:

DELIVERIES OF FUEL OIL FOR INLAND CONSUMPTION
					Thousand tons
1959	…	…	…	…	13,812

					Million tons coal equivalent (a)
1956	…	…	…	…	11.0
1957	…	…	…	…	11.8
1958	…	…	…	…	18.0
1959	…	…	…	…	23.5
(a) If 1 ton of oil is taken as equivalent to 1.7 tons of coal.