§ Mr. ChurchillTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the tonnages of imported coal(a) for power generation, (b) for industrial applications and (c) for domestic use, in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. EggarThe figures requested are:
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Thousand tonnes Year 1 Power generation 2 3 Industry applications 3 Domestic use 1987 1,358 6,945 1,478 1988 1,973 7,709 2,003 1989 1,963 8,497 1,677
Year 1 Power generation 2 3 Industry applications 3 Domestic use 1990 4,721 8,964 1,098 1991 7,251 9,863 2,376 1 Major electricity generating companies as denned in Energy Trends. 2 Including coke ovens and manufactured solid fuel plants. 3 These are estimated figures based on data supplied by Customs and Excise. The use of which the coal is to be put is not recorded at the time the coal is imported, but assumptions on who uses particular types of coal have been used to allocate imports to the industrial and domestic sectors.