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Written question asked by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 2 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 July 2007. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Thursday, 5 July 2007 on behalf of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.


Asphalt

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what volume of asphalt was produced in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what estimate his Department has made of the volume of asphalt which will be produced in the next five years.
Answer

The Office for National Statistics publishes data on natural bitumen, natural asphalt, asphaltites and asphaltic rocks as part of its annual publication ‘Product Sales and Trade PRA 14500: Other Mining and Quarrying’. However, data for UK manufacturer sales are suppressed as being statistically disclosive.The Quarry Products Association estimates that the asphalt industry produces more than 26 million tonnes of asphalt every year.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
147895; 462 c1116-7W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Bitumens
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk