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Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Wednesday, 30 November 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 2 December 2022. It was answered by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.


Coal: Mining

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answers of 28 September 2022 and 8 November 2022 to Questions 51588 and 74620 on Coal: Mining, what the evidential basis is for stating that there may continue to be domestic demand for coal in industries such as steel, cement and for heritage railways in the context of his Department having not produced estimates of future coal use by industry.

Answer

A breakdown of coal usage trends can be found in Chapter Two of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes-2022.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
99793
Session
2022-23
Related items
Coal: Mining
Wednesday, 28 September 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Coal: Mining
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Coal Mining
Link
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