Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment his Department has made of the role, of coke in supplying the future energy needs of the UK.

The Digest of UK Energy Statistics presents statistics on the supply and demand of coke and coking coal in the UK. In 2013, total demand for coke was around 4.5 million tonnes of which 83% was produced domestically1.

[1] DUKES, Chapter 2 – Solid fuels and derived gases:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/337589/chapter_2.pdf