Coal: Mid Glamorgan

(asked on 15th January 2015) - View Source

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.


Answered by
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Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 20th January 2015

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:

Calendar Year

Production

(tonnes)

1996

100,948

1997

301,458

1998

345,517

1999

390,563

2000

330,909

2001

371,416

2002

276,186

2003

227,427

No royalties were taken on the Parc Slip West site.

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