§ Mr. BattleTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list for each year since 1985(a) the average beach price of gas, (b) the average pithead price of coal and (c) the average imported price of coal in unit prices. [5886]
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§ Mr. PageThe information requested is given in the table.
Average beach gas price1 pence/kWh Average pithead coal price2 £/GJ Average imported coal price2 £/GJ 1985–;86 0.586 1.86 1.27 1986–87 0.523 1.77 1.06 1987–88 0.478 1.73 0.87 1988–89 0.500 1.79 0.91 1989–90 0.528 1.77 1.08 1990–91 0.575 1.77 1.00 1991 0.595 — — 1991–92 — 1.83 1.03 1992 0.590 — — 1992–93 — 1.84 1.02 1993 0.600 — — 1993–94 — 1.51 0.99 1994 0.618 — — 1994–95 — 1.40 0.99 1Average price of gas purchased by British Gas. Excluding the levy on indigenous supplies. Data ceased to be available on a financial year basis in 1991. 2 The figures cover coal production and imports in the United Kingdom. The average price for imported coal is recorded at the port.