Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what tonnage of coal was extracted from Parc Slip Opencast site in Mid-Glamorgan in each year since 1985; what levy was imposed in each of those years; and if he will make a statement.

The original Parc Slip site was worked by British Coal and had been completed before The Coal Authority existed.

The National Archive hold files from the National Coal Board and British Coal Corporation Production Department and its successors which include breakdowns of production by the Corporation - http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/record?catid=3748&catln=3

We have been able to obtain, from The Coal Authority, figures for Parc Slip West opencast site which started operations in 1996.

The annual figures are shown below:

No royalties were taken on the Parc Slip West site.