§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will tabulate the main types and approximate quantities of smokeless domestic fuels consumed in the United Kingdom, showing for each main type the retail price per ton, the amounts produced inside the United Kingdom and imported respectively giving some indication of origin for imported fuel.
§ Mr. EadieThe quantities of domestic solid smokeless fuels consumed in the United Kingdom during the year ended March 1975, together with the range of typical current retail prices—dependent on exact type and grade of fuel—in North London, are tabulated below:
Million tons £/ton Naturally smokeless fuels 1.7 38.80 to 48.20 Manufactured fuels 4.6 42.20 to 49.40 Imports 0.2 Total 6.5 The imported fuels are mainly briquettes from France and the Federal Republic of Germany and anthracite from the Netherlands and the Federal Republic of Germany. Information on retail prices of these fuels is not available.