HC Deb 03 March 1977 vol 927 c285W
Mr. Dodsworth

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what are the average figures for coal consumption per house hold and per National Coal Board employee household.

Mr. Eadie

The total number of solid fuel consuming households in the United Kingdom in 1975 was estimated to be 3.3 millions and the total solid fuel disposals to the domestic sector in the same year was 15.5 millions tons, giving an annual average of about 4.7 tons per solid fuel consuming household.

During the same period average solid fuel disposal per concessionaire was 5.5 tons per annum.