§ Mr. Allen McKayasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give for each year since 1979 to date (a)
United Kingdom 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 (a) Consumption (000 tonnes) Coal: total inland consumption 129,378 123,460 118,386 110,998 111,475 77,309 105,364 Coke and breeze: total inland consumption 11,549 6,350 8,072 7,335 7,664 7,742 8,247 Other manufactured solid fuels: total inland disposals 2,379 2,265 1,987 1,933 1,897 1,186 1,658 (b) Coal Exports (000 tonnes) Country of destination EC Countries (as at 1985) Belgium/Luxembourg 189 185 347 134 105 74 44 Denmark 176 606 1,925 2,057 1,571 612 1,278 Federal Republic of Germany 609 1,150 1,498 789 624 122 191 France 750 1,474 2,624 1,911 1,565 778 231 Irish Republic 226 289 491 469 429 309 392 Italy 16 9 67 6 6 6 — Netherlands 161 222 783 502 318 71 14 Greece — — — — 3 25 13 Total EC 2,127 3,935 7,735 5,868 4,621 1,997 2,163 Non-EC countries (000 tonnes) Portugal 4 5 34 59 133 5 111 Spain — — 88 54 11 21 3 Finland 10 8 1,168 1,102 765 114 2 Norway 78 62 64 45 68 24 13 Sweden 115 30 218 113 201 34 65 Israel — — 77 94 158 58 — Morocco — — — 39 192 87 168 Switzerland — — 14 — 169 83 — Others 5 2 115 13 21 17 33 Total Non-EC 212 107 1,778 1,519 1,718 443 395 Total Coal Exports 2,339 4,042 9,513 7,387 6,339 2,440 2,558 (c) Coal stocks (distributed and undistributed) at end December 27,908 37,687 42,253 52,377 57,960 36,548 34,979 Sources:
(a) and (b) to 1984: Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics;
(c) Department of Energy, Energy Trends. All 1985 information is provisional.