§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many deep mines were in production in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) the United Kingdom in each year since 1964.
§ Mr. EggarThe numbers of British Coal deep mines in production at 31 March in each year since 1964 were as follows:
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Year England Wales Scotland United Kingdom 1964 386 103 87 578 1965 365 92 77 534 1966 334 82 67 483 1967 305 75 58 438 1968 263 66 47 378 1969 223 57 37 317 1970 213 54 32 213 1971 207 53 32 292 1972 204 53 32 289 1973 199 53 29 281 1974 185 50 24 259 1975 178 46 22 246 1976 176 45 21 241 1977 174 44 20 238 1978 172 40 19 231 1979 167 39 17 223 1980 165 38 16 219
Year England Wales Scotland United Kingdom 1981 160 36 15 211 1982 149 35 14 198 1983 143 35 13 191 1984 131 30 9 170 1985 130 30 9 169 1986 105 19 9 133 1987 89 15 8 110 1988 78 12 4 94 1989 74 10 2 86 1990 65 7 1 73 1991 59 5 1 65 1992 45 4 1 50 1993 37 2 1 40 Source: British Coal.
§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total amount of coal production expressed in million tonnes from deep mines in(a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) the United Kingdom for each year since 1964.
§ Mr. EggarThe information requested is as follows:
Coal production (million tonnes)1 Year England Wales Scotland United Kingdom 1964 151.9 21.8 16.1 189.8 1965 14.1 19.3 15.7 183.1 1966 137.6 18.6 14.9 171.1 1967 135.2 17.9 14.6 167.7 1968 130.5 16.1 13. 1 159.7 1969 120.2 14.3 12.0 146.6 1970 109.3 16.1 11.3 136.7 1971 111.2 12.6 12.7 136.5 1972 89.1 9.9 10.0 109.1 1973 99.3 10.1 10.6 120.0 1974 83.1 8.1 8.8 100.0 1975 98.5 8.9 10.1 117.4 1976 92.0 8.7 9.6 110.3 1977 90.1 8.3 8.7 107.1 1978 90.6 8.6 8.3 107.5 1979 90.9 8.7 8.2 107.8 1980 95.5 8.8 8.2 112.4 1981 94.4 8.6 7.5 110.5 1982 91.0 8.2 6.9 106.2 1983 87.6 8.0 6.2 101.7 1984 32.5 1.8 1.0 35.2 1985 65.7 6.0 3.6 75.3 1986 78.8 7.7 3.9 90.4 1987 76.7 6.3 2.9 86.0 1988 76.1 5.5 2.1 83.8 1989 72.8 4.7 2.1 79.6 1990 66.0 4.6 2.3 72.9 1991 68.0 3.0 2.4 73.4 1992 61.0 2.6 2.2 65.8 21993 46.6 2.0 1.9 50.5 1 Includes production from licensed deep mines. 2 Provisional figures.