HC Deb 15 March 1978 vol 946 c267W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many opencast sites in coal production are now operational in the United Kingdom, set out by county.

Mr. Eadie

The National Coal Board tells me the information is as follows:

ENGLAND
Cumberland 3
Derbyshire 7
Durham 7
Greater Manchester 2
Leicestershire 1
Northumberland 5
Salop 2
Staffordshire 2
South Yorkshire 2
West Yorkshire 5
WALES
Clwyd 1
Dyfed 3
Mid Glamorgan 6
West Glamorgan 3
Powys 1
SCOTLAND
Central 1
Fife 5
Strathclyde 6