David Anderson – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change
The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Anderson on 2016-02-19.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she has made an estimate of the difference in value between coal produced in the UK and coal imported from overseas for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Andrea Leadsom
The table below gives the values of UK coal production and imports for 2010 to 2014. Data for 2015 will be available on 28 July 2016.
|
Coal production (£million) |
Coal imports (£million) |
Difference (£million) |
|
|
2010 |
1,065 |
2,080 |
-1,015 |
|
2011 |
1,175 |
3,050 |
-1,875 |
|
2012 |
990 |
3,315 |
-2,325 |
|
2013 |
535 |
3,235 |
-2,700 |
|
2014 |
450 |
2,235 |
-1,785 |
Source: Tables DUKES 1.4-1.6, Digest of UK Energy Statistics, July 2015, available at:
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