Aggregates
(asked on 12th December 2014) - View Source
Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the availability of aggregates for the construction industry.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills publish data on the aggregates industry, in their statistical bulletin ‘Monthly Statistics of Building Materials and Components’. This does not include any measure of availability (such as stock levels), but does include sales of; sand for building; sand for concreting; gravel for concreting, and other uses; sand and gravel for coating; sand, gravel, and hoggin for fill; and marine dredged sand and gravel.
Sales of Sand and Gravel in Great Britain |
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| Sand | Sand | Gravel | Sand & | Sand, | Sand & |
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| Gravel | Gravel | Gravel | of which |
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| Building | Concreting | Concreting | for |
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| & other uses | Coating | for Fill | Total | Dredged |
2013 | Q4 | 1,227 | 4,510 | 4,115 | .. | .. | 12,074 | 2,634 |
2014 | Q1 | 1,420 | 4,450 | 4,463 | 400 | 1,741 | 12,475 | 2,447 |
2014 | Q2 | 1,355 | 4,419 | 4,788 | 320 | 1,207 | 12,090 | 2,900 |
2014 | Q3 (P) | 1,674 | 5,277 | 5,122 | 699 | 1,116 | 13,889 | 3,489 |
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P – provisional .. – not available |
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| Source: BIS | |