Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value of UK imports of (a) coal, (b) gas and (c) oil from Russia was in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Michael Fallon
The value of UK imports of coal, primary oil and petroleum products from Russia between 2008 and 2012 are shown in the following table:
£ Million
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Coal |
1,570 |
1,130 |
533 |
945 |
1,092 |
Primary oil |
2,184 |
1,156 |
1,278 |
2,316 |
3,321 |
Petroleum products |
1,091 |
770 |
1,186 |
1,805 |
1,819 |
There was no gas imported directly from Russia by the UK.