§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will explain the difference between the figures relating to coking coal in Official Report, 16th May 1978, Written Answer 122, with those in Official Report, 6th November 1978, Written Answer 65.
§ Mr. Eadie,pursuant to his reply[Official Report, 6th November 1978; Vol. 957, c. 65], gave the following information:
Grants in connection with coking coal subsidies since 1970 are:
£ million 1970–71 … … — 1971–72 … … — 1972–73 … … — 1973–74 … … 15.0 1974–75 … … 7.1 1975–76 … … — 1976–77 … … — 1977–78 … … — 1978–79 … … 3.6 (estimate) I regret the figures given in my answer of 6th November 1978, Official Report, Written Answer 65, inadvertently contained errors. The figures I have now given are correct and the same as those given in my earlier answer on 16th May 1978.