Coal Production

Mr. Clapham
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total United Kingdom coal production for the last complete year for which figures are available; and how much was (a) opencast coal and (b) deep-mined coal. [11986]

Mr. Battle
Coal production in the United Kingdom in 1996 is set out in the table.-------------------
|                 |
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|Total production1|
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|Of which:        ||
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|Deep-mined       |
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|Opencast         |
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Source:

Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics.