§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the latest figure for imported coal as compared with the previous years 1977, 1978 and 1979.
§ Mr. ParkinsonI have been asked to reply.
The value and tonnage of coal imports is published in 1977 against SITC (Rev 1) Sub-group 321.4 and from 1978 onwards against SITC (Rev 2) Sub-groups 322.1 and 322.2 in Table III of the " Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom ". Copies of this publication are available in the Library.