HC Deb 19 March 1985 vol 75 c457W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will introduce legislation to effect a capital reconstruction of the National Coal Board.

Mr. David Hunt

I have no present plans to do so.

Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is the revised deficit grant for the National Coal Board proposed for the current year following the end of the miners' strike; and how this figure compares with those for the last five years.

Mr. David Hunt

As regards the NCB's deficit in the current year, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer my right hon. Friend has given today to my hon. Friend the Member for Erewash (Mr. Rost). The amounts of deficit grant accrued in the NCB's accounts in the past five years are:

£ million
1979–80 159
1980–81 149
1981–82 428
1982–83 374
1983–84 875

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