HC Deb 04 November 1992 vol 213 cc314-5W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the percentage increase in coal and cereal production since 1968 and in the amount imported and exported.

Mr. Needham

[holding answer 3 November 1992]: Figures for the production, imports and exports of coal and cereals in 1968 and 1991, and the percentage changes of each over the intervening period, were:

Million tonnes
Coal Cereal
1968 1991 Per cent, change 1968–691 1991 Percent, change
Production 169.9 96.1 -43 13.1 22.6 +72
Imports 19.5 (+) 8.6 2.5 -71
Exports 2.7 1.7 -39 0.1 6.0 (+)

Percentage changes have been calculated from unrounded figures.

1 Data on crop year basis, I July 1968 to 30 June 1969.

Sources:Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics; Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.