Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much coal was used for the production of different types of glass in each year since 1992 for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold coal consumption statistics at this level of disaggregation; however, the table below presents the final consumption of coal by the UK mineral products industry as a whole from 2005 to 2016:
Final consumption of coal by the UK mineral products industry, 2005 – 2016:
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| Thousand tonnes |
2005 | 1,120 |
| 2011 | 1,056 |
2006 | 1,047 |
| 2012 | 1,123 |
2007 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 1,338 |
2008 | 1,150 |
| 2014 | 1,239 |
2009 | 1,077 |
| 2015 | 1,048 |
2010 | 1,063 |
| 2016 | 813 |
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Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics, table 2.4, available at