HC Deb 06 November 1987 vol 121 c887W
1985. Mr. Illsley

asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what has been the total amount of investment spent at British Coal's Woolley colliery since (a) 1974, (b) 1980 and (c) 1985;

(2) what is the total amount of investment spent by British Coal on the coal preparation and washing facility at its Woolley complex;

(3) in the event of the closure of British Coal's Woolley and Redbrook collieries, to what extent capital repayments and interest charges from those collieries will fail be to carried by other collieries;

(4) what was the total amount of investments spent at British Coal's Redbrook colliery since (a) 1974, (b) 1980 and (c)

Mr. Michael Spicer

This is a matter for the British Coal Corporation. I have asked the chairman to write to the hon. Member.

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