asked the Secretary of State for Energy what amount of coal has been imported this year; at what price; and from which countries.
The quantities and average c.i.f. values of coal imported included in claims made on the ECSC on a national basis.
asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what is the present total manpower employed by the National Coal Board; and what was the figure in the same month in 1974;(2) what is the present output per man-shift in the coal mining industry at the face and overall at the latest available date; and what were the figures in the same month in 1974.
Details of manpower and productivity at NCB mines are published regularly in Table 6 of Energy Trends, available in the Library of the House. The latest information, which will be published in the October issue, is as follows:during the period January to August 1975 by countries of origin are given below:
| Country | Quantity (thousand tonnes) | Unit cif value (£/tonne) |
| EEC | 69·9 | 29·31 |
| West Germany | 21·3 | 40·28 |
| Netherlands | 16·4 | 30·73 |
| Poland | 39·2 | 14·36 |
| South Africa | 12·3 | 29·35 |
| Australia | 1,625·0 | 16·78 |
| USA | 1,382·1 | 24·62 |
| Other countries | 245·1 | 16·92 |