§ Mr. Leadbitterasked the Secretary of State for Energy what were the levels of coal and oil held in stock at the end of February for the years 1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975, respectively.
§ Mr. VarleyFigures on coal and oil stocks are published monthly inEnergy Trends. For convenience, figures at end-February in each of the last four years are given below:
STOCKS (Million tons) Coal Distributed Undistributed Oil* End February— 1972 7.1 † 20.2 1973 17.3 11.5 18.4 1974 12.5 † 20.0 1975 15.4 5.7 23.7 * Oil companies' stocks including both products and the product equivalent of crude and process oils. † Not available due to industrial disputes.