asked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will tabulate, from information available to him, his assessment of the tonnage and value expressed in total and cost per ton per annum at the present time of coal, and coal products imported into and exported from each EEC country and in total, relating this to the latest Commission forecasts for 1985, 1990, and 2000.
The information is as follows:
The latest forecast from the European Commission is that coal imports to the Community from third countries may rise to between 87 and 157 million tonnes by 1990 and 195 and 335 million tonnes by 2000. It is not likely that substantial quantities of coal will be exported from the Community in the period.
asked the Secretary of State for Energy what is his assessment of the level of coal stocks now held at pit heads, by the Central Electricity Generating Board, and by other parties including stockists, and in total within the United
| STOCKS OF COAL* AT END OF PERIOD: GREAT BRITAIN | |||||||
| Million tonnes | |||||||
| Power stations† | Coke ovens | Other‡ | Collieries | Opencast sites, etc. | Total | ||
| End of: | |||||||
| June 1975 | … | 16·6 | 2·3 | 0·3 | 5·0 | 1·5 | 25·7 |
| December 1975 | … | 18·0 | 2·3 | 0·2 | 8·9 | 1·7 | 31·1 |
| June 1976 | … | 18·7 | 2·6 | 0·2 | 10·0 | 1·6 | 33·1 |
| December 1976 | … | 19·6 | 2·6 | 9·2 | 9·3 | 1·4 | 33·1 |
| June 1977 | … | 17·3 | 2·3 | 0·2 | 8·0 | 1·4 | 29·2 |
| December 1977 | … | 19·1 | 2·4 | 0·2 | 8·2 | 1·5 | 31·4 |
| June 1978 | … | 19·0 | 1·7 | 0·2 | 9·0 | 1·9 | 31·8 |
| December 1978 | … | 20·2 | 1·6 | 0·2 | 9·8 | 2·6 | 34·4 |
| June 1979 | … | 13·2 | 1·8 | 0·2 | 10·0 | 2·3 | 27·5 |
| December 1979 | … | 16·2 | 1·8 | 0·2 | 7·8 | 1·8 | 27·8 |
| June 1980 | … | 16·4 | 1·8 | 0·2 | 10·7 | 2·7 | 31·8 |
| * Excluding those held in merchants' yards and by industrial users (except conversion industries), statistics for which have not been collected since 1973. | |||||||
| † Operated by the Central Electricity Generating Board and the South of Scotland Electricity Board. | |||||||
| ‡ Including gas works and patent fuel plants. | |||||||