PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Coal (7 June 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate she has made of the level of coal stockpiling in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Asked by:
Clive Lewis (Labour)
Asked by:
Clive Lewis (Labour)
Answer
DECC publishes data on coal stocks held in the UK. The table below shows the stocks held at the end of the last 10 years. This includes stocks held at electricity generators, ports and undistributed stocks held at coal mines.
Year | UK Coal Stocks at end of year (thousand tonnes) |
2006 | 17,210 |
2007 | 14,155 |
2008 | 17,246 |
2009 | 24,091 |
2010 | 16,885 |
2011 | 16,041 |
2012 | 13,003 |
2013 | 14,287 |
2014 | 18,641 |
2015 (provisional) | 14,500 |
Source: Energy Trends Table 2.6, March 2016 available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends
Answered by:
Andrea Leadsom (Conservative)
14 June 2016
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