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Mr. Eadie
asked the Secretary of State for Energy (1) what is the current level of coal stockpiles; where they are located; and what are his estimates of such levels for the next 12 months;(2) what are the existing levels of stockpiled coal in Scotland; where they are located; and what the expected levels are projected to be during the next 12 months.
Mr. John Moore
The figures are as follows:
| Stocks of coal*at end September 1982 (provisional) | ||
| million tonnes | ||
| Great Britain | of which: Scotland | |
| Total distributed and undistributed stocks | 50·0 | 3·4 |
| Total distributed stocks | 28·7 | 2·4 |
| Power Stations | 26·5 | 2·1 |
| Other including coke ovens | 2·2 | 0·3 |
| Total undistributed stocks | 21·3 | 1·0 |
| Collieries | 16·9 | 0·4 |
| Opencast sites | 4·4 | 0·6 |
>* Excluding distributed stocks held in merchants' yard and so on, mainly for the domestic market, and stocks held by the industrial sector.
Future levels of coal stocks will depend on a number of factors, including in particular the levels of coal production and demand.