§ Mr. Meacherasked the Minister for Energy what has been the level of coal stocks at power stations in Great Britain (CEGB and SSEB) at each week between 1st November and 30th April during each winter since 1968–69.
POWER STATION COAL STOCKS Million tons 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 Stocks for weeks including 28th October … … … 14.1 13.5 12.5 18.4 17.1 4th November … … … 14.0 13.5 12.2 18.4 17.2 11th November … … … 13.9 13.4 11.7 18.0 17.4 18th November … … … 13.8 13.1 11.0 17.6 17.2 25th November … … … 13.8 12.8 10.7 17.1 17.0 2nd December … … … 13.8 12.4 10.5 16.7 16.9 9th December … … … 13.6 12.1 10.2 16.3 16.9 16th December … … … 13.2 11.7 10.1 16.1 16.9 23rd December … … … 12.5 11.0 9.6 15.7 16.8 30th December … … … 11.7 10.1 8.7 15.0 16.2 6th January … … … 11.3 9.2 7.9 14.3 15.7 13th January … … … 11.0 8.9 7.7 12.8 15.5 20th January … … … 10.9 8.6 7.7 11.4 15.2 27th January … … … 10.8 8.3 7.8 9.6 15.1 3rd February … … … 10.5 8.1 7.8 7.7 15.1 10th February … … … 9.9 7.7 7.9 6.1 15.1 17th February … … … 9.3 7.4 8.1 5.4 15.0 24th February … … … 9.0 7.2 8.4 5.4 15.2 3rd March … … … 8.7 6.9 8.5 6. 0 15.0 10th March … … … 8.4 6.6 8.7 6.5 15.0 17th March … … … 8.1 6.5 9.0 7.4 15.2 24th March … … … 7.9 6.5 9.3 8.4 15.6 31st March … … … 7.9 6.1 9.7 9.2 16.0 7th April … … … 7.8 5.9 9.8 9.7 16.0 14th April … … … 7.9 5.9 9.8 10.5 16.1 21st April … … … 8.1 6.1 10.2 10.9 16.3 28th April … … … 8.3 6.3 10.5 11.4 16.1