HC Deb 18 October 1994 vol 248 c181W
Ms. Ruddock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the projects aimed at preventing domestic violence to be funded by the Home

Imported Coal1 Natural Gas
Thousand tonnes Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent2 Million therms Thousand tonnes of oil equivalent2
1983 471 270 83 210
1993 4,652 2,780 3,021 7,610
1These figures include an estimate of coal imported by autogenerators.
2A tonne of oil equivalent is defined as 107 kilocalories or 397 therms.

Estimates of the employment effects of fuel switching by the electricity industry between 1983 and 1993 are not available. The March 1993 White Paper, "The Prospects for Coal: Conclusions of the Government's Coal Review" noted, in paragraph 5.14:

"Over time, as the economy adjusts and redundant workers find new employment, the loss of jobs from pit closures would be broadly matched by compensating developments elsewhere. New jobs might be in different industries, and to some extent in different areas, but overall employment would return broadly to its previous level".

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