§ 26. Mr. DunnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the level of production lost through industrial disputes in the coal industry in(a) 1980–81, (b) 1986–87 and (c) 1990–91.
397W
§ Mr. Heathcoat-AmorySaleable tonnage lost as a result of industrial disputes for the years quoted are as follows:
Million tones 1980–81 1.5 1986–87 1.0 1990–91 0.2
§ Mr. GregoryTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many days were lost through strikes in the coal industry in 1979, 1983, 1987 and 1991; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WakehamThis Department does not collect information of this nature. British Coal, however, records saleable tonnage lost as a result of disputes in its annual report, and the latest figures are:
Million tones 1978–79 1.5 1982–83 3.6 1986–87 1.0 1990–91 0.2
Site Applicant Proposals Status Hinkley Point "C" Nuclear Electric 1,200 MW PWR Consent given 6 September 1990 Killingholme "A" National Power 1,020 MW combined cycle gas turbine station (CCGT) Consent given 17 April 1990 Little Barford National Power 680 MW CCGT Consent given 5 February 1991 Rye House PowerGen 560–680 MW CCGT Consent given 19 December 1990 Sutton Bridge Electricity System Industry 60 MW coal-fired station Withdrawn Ratcliffe on Soar PowerGen Installation of FGD Consent given 27 March 1991 Ferrybridge "C" PowerGen Installation of FGD Under consideration Wilton Teesside Power Ltd. 1,725 MW CCGT Consent given 5 November 1990. Deeside Deeside Power Development Company Ltd. 450 MW CCGT Consent given 15 November 1990. A new application to increase the output to 500 MW has been received and is under consideration Drax National Power New ash disposal facilities Under consideration Keadby Energy Resources Ltd. 720 MW CCGT Consent given 4 March 1991 Plymouth PowerGen 350–450 MW CCGT Under consideration Staythorpe "C" National Power 1,500 MW CCGT Awaiting report of public inquiry Angle Bay Texaco Ltd. 1,100 or 1,280 MW CCGT Consent given 9 September 1991 Didcot "B" National Power 1,500 MW CCGT Awaiting report of public inquiry Ryedale Kelt UK Ltd. 50–60 MW open cycle gas turbine station Awaiting report of public inquiry Coryton Coryton Cogen Ltd. 460 MW CCGT Consent given 4 July 1991 Barking Barking Power Ltd. 1000 MW CCGT Consent given 11 February 1992 Rugby Rugby Power Company Ltd. 380 MW CCGT Withdrawn Blyth National Power New ash disposal facilities Consent given 3 February 1992 Killingholme "PowerGen" PowerGen Cooling water works Withdrawn Belvedere Cory Environmental Ltd. 126 MW station fuelled by refuse Under consideration Ardleigh Eastern Generation Ltd. 380 MW CCGT Under consideration Medway Medway Power Ltd. 660 MW CCGT Under consideration King's Lynn Energy Supply Company Ltd. 118 MW CCGT Consent given 14 January 1992 Stallingborough Humber Power Ltd. 1,100 MW CCGT Under consideration Dungeness Nuclear Electric New low level waste handling facility Under consideration West Burton National Power New ash disposal facility Under consideration Pembroke National Power Fitting of new dust control equipment Under consideration Connah's Quay PowerGen 1,350 MW CCGT Under consideration Shoreham South Coast Power Ltd. 450 MW CCGT Under consideration Oldbury-on-Severn Nuclear Electric Installation of a silt lagoon Under consideration Charterhouse Street, London ECI Citigen Ltd. 90 MW station fuelled by gas and fuel oil Under consideration Spondon Courtaulds 318 MW CCGT Under consideration Seabank Seabank Power Ltd. 1,212 MW CCGT Under consideration Greenwich MetroPower Ltd. 370 MW CCGT Under consideration Sutton Bridge Independent Power Generators Ltd. 700 MW CCGT Under consideration Trafford, Manchester Electricity System Industry Ltd. 680 MW CCGT Under consideration King's Lynn Eastern Generation Ltd. 380 MW CCGT Under consideration