§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the current level of coal stocks (a) at pits and (b) held by distributors, respectively.
§ Mr. EadieAt end September 1975 stocks of coal at collieries were 8.2 million tons and distributed stocks were 20.2 million tons. Both figures relate to Great Britain.
Information about stocks at collieries, other undistributed stocks and distributed stocks of coal in Great Britain, excluding distributed stocks held in merchants' yards and stocks held by industry for which detailed figures are not available, is published regularly in Table 8 of "Energy Trends" available in the Library of the House. The October issue appeared last week.