HC Deb 07 May 1996 vol 277 c44W
Mr. Llwyd

To 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 as a whole, in each year since 1982; and if he will make a statement. [27440]

Mr. Page

The number of British Coal deep mines was as follows:

England Wales Scotland United Kingdom
End March 1983 143 35 13 191
End March 1984 131 30 9 170
End March 1985 n/a n/a 9 169
End March 1986 105 19 9 133
End March 1987 89 15 6 110
End March 1988 78 12 4 94
End March 1989 74 10 2 86
End March 1990 66 6 1 73
End March 1991 59 5 1 65
End March 1992 45 4 1 50
End March 1993 45 4 1 50
End March 1994 n/a 2 n/a 17
End December 1994 n/a n/a n/a 16

Note:

n/a = not available.

Source:

British Coal and Digest of Welsh Statistics.

At the end of 1995 there were a total of 32 large deep mines in operation in the private sector.

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