§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of all existing and proposed development plans at other collieries which it is intended will be classified under expenditure at Trentham colliery.
§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) pursuant to his answer of 19 October,Official Report, column 221, if he will give details of the profits lost to the Trentham complex arising from the decision made by British Coal to cancel development work from September 1992; in respect of which coal faces orders have been given to stop production; and if he will give details of the subsequent profit loss in each case;
(2) pursuant to his statement of 19 October, if he will give details of all coal reserves left at Trentham colliery, north Staffordshire;
(3) pursuant to his statement of 19 October, what was British Coal's estimate of the anticipated tonnage for 1992–93 at the Trentham complex; and what is his estimate of the effect on this original target of the postponement of committed developments;
(4) pursuant to his statement of 19 October, if he will give details of the development costs of introducing future workings at Trentham colliery including the two major roadway drivages into new seams;
(5) pursuant to his statement of 19 October, if he will give details for 1990–91 and 1991–92 of capital investment at Trentham colliery designed to incorporate management administration costs incurred as a result of pit closures elsewhere;
(6) pursuant to his statement of 19 October, if he will give details of the profits earned by Trentham colliery for 1990–91 and the projected loss budgeted for the period 1 April to 20 September in the current year;
(7) what information he has on British Coal's plans for future developments to introduce pillar and stall work at Trentham colliery.
§ Mr. Heseltine[holding answer 22 October 1992]: In my statement on 19 October, I said that we had concluded that, for the time being, British Coal should be allowed to proceed with the closure of only 10 pits—including Trentham—which it had told me were currently making a loss and had no prospect of viability in the foreseeable future.
The issues which the hon. Member raises are matters for British Coal.
The hon. Member may wish to pursue this issue in the context of the statutory consultation procedure.
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