§ Mrs. PeacockTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what amount of subsidy has been paid to the coal industry since the White Paper "Prospects for Coal" was published; and to which mine each subsidy applied.
§ Mr. Eggar[holding answer 16 March 1995]: Since the publication of the White Paper "Prospects for Coal", subsidy paid to the coal industry under the Industrial Development Act 1982 amounts to about £9 million. Payments are in respect of Ellington, Monktonhall, Blenkinsopp, Lyn Clipstone, Rossington, Hem Heath and Markham Main. A further £1,650 million of financial assistance for the coal industry has been paid under the Coal Industry Acts.