HC Deb 30 November 1983 vol 49 c479W
Mr. Speller

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what will be the Government subsidy to the coal industry in the financial years to 31 March 1984 and 1985.

Mr. Giles Shaw

The NCB's deficit grant limit for 1983–84, as provided for in the Estimates, is £409 million for 1984–85, the Government expect to make Estimates provision for a limit of at least as much as this year.