Philip Davies – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Davies on 2016-10-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal the UK has used for non-power generating purposes in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
Jesse Norman
(a) The table below gives the amount of coal used for non-power generating purposes:
|
UK coal demand for non-electricity generating purposes(1) (thousand tonnes) |
|
|
2006 |
10,156 |
|
2007 |
10,158 |
|
2008 |
10,577 |
|
2009 |
9,037 |
|
2010 |
9,827 |
|
2011 |
9,658 |
|
2012 |
9,141 |
|
2013 |
10,139 |
|
2014 |
10,021 |
|
2015 |
8,174 |
(1) Includes coal used for heat generation, coke manufacture, blast furnaces, patent fuel manufacture, energy used in coal extraction and final consumption by industry, transport, domestic and other users.
Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) table 2.4 available at
(b) BEIS does not hold data at that level. BEIS cannot disaggregate coal used by the carbon fibre industry from coal used by all industries.
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