Coking Coal Stocks

Mr. Eddie Griffiths
asked the Minister for Energy what tonnages of coking coal are in stock at pitheads and held by the British Steel Corporation, respectively.

Mr. Emery
At 26th January 1974 the National Coal Board held 01 million tons of coking coal and the British Steel Corporation held just over 1·3 million tons; obviously there is some unevenness in the distribution of these stocks.