Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the mean average amount of coal used for non-electricity generation purposes was in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
The table below gives the amount of coal used for non-electricity generation purposes for 2007 – 2016:
| Non-electricity generation coal consumption (thousand tonnes) |
2007 | 10,518 |
2008 | 10,577 |
2009 | 9,037 |
2010 | 9,827 |
2011 | 9,658 |
2012 | 9,141 |
2013 | 10,333 |
2014 | 10,061 |
2015 | 8,282 |
2016 | 5,831 |
Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2017, table 2.4, available at