Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Pensions and National Insurance – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 March 1956.
Records of average prices to consumers are not kept, but for the areas covered in my predecessor's reply to the hon. Member on 28th July, 1955, the information is as follows:
| BASIC MAXIMUM PRICES OF GROUP 4 HOUSE COAL PER TON | ||||
| — | London | Part of Durham including Chester-le-Street U.D. and R.D. and Washington U.D. | ||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Pithead price | 82 | 9 | 83 | 11 |
| Transport | 36 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Retail delivery costs | 27 | 0 | 20 | 3 |
| Retail profit margin | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 |
| 148 | 10 | 108 | 5 | |
| NOTE.—No account is taken of variations under the summer/winter prices scheme. | ||||
