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18.
Mr. O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will make a statement on the number of jobs created by the British Coal Enterprise scheme in each of the past three years.
Mr. Heathcoat-Amory
The number of job opportunities created by British Coal Enterprise in each of the past three years are: 1988–89, 14,593; 1989–90, 14,784; and, 1990–91, 9,268—nearly 40,000 in total.