House of Lords written question – answered on 28 March 2011.
Lord Ashcroft
Conservative
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of coal used for British energy was imported in each year from 1984 until 2010.
Lord Marland
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
The table below shows the percentage of imported coal used for UK energy in each year from 1984 until 2010. These statistics are not available for Great Britain.
| Year | Net Imports | Total Supply | Import Dependency1 |
| (Thousand Tonnes) | (%) | ||
| 19842 | 6,601 | 77,309 | 8.5 |
| 1985 | 10,300 | 105,386 | 9.8 |
| 1986 | 7,877 | 114,234 | 6.9 |
| 1987 | 7,428 | 115,894 | 6.4 |
| 1988 | 9,863 | 111,498 | 8.8 |
| 1989 | 10,088 | 107,581 | 9.4 |
| 1990 | 12,476 | 108,256 | 11.5 |
| 1991 | 17,787 | 107,513 | 16.5 |
| 1992 | 19,366 | 100,580 | 19.3 |
| 1993 | 17,286 | 86,757 | 19.9 |
| 1994 | 13,852 | 81,767 | 16.9 |
| 1995 | 15,037 | 76,942 | 19.5 |
| 19963 | 16,811 | 70,833 | 23.7 |
| 1997 | 18,611 | 63,423 | 29.3 |
| 1998 | 20,273 | 62,871 | 32.2 |
| 1999 | 19,532 | 55,445 | 35.2 |
| 2000 | 22,786 | 59,838 | 38.1 |
| 2001 | 34,992 | 63,530 | 55.1 |
| 2002 | 28,149 | 58,639 | 48.0 |
| 2003 | 31,349 | 62,865 | 49.9 |
| 2004 | 35,531 | 60,567 | 58.7 |
| 2005 | 43,433 | 61,780 | 70.3 |
| 2006 | 50,085 | 67,340 | 74.4 |
| 2007 | 42,821 | 62,904 | 68.1 |
| 2008 | 43,276 | 58,219 | 74.3 |
| 2009 | 37,520 | 48,786 | 76.9 |
| 20104 | 25,394 | 51,522 | 49.3 |
1 Net imports divided by total supply, multiplied by 100. This is consistent with the EU definition.
2 Between 1984 and 1995 the components of the import dependency percentages can be found in the long-term trends tables, Table 2.1.1 and 2.1.2, Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2010.
3 Between 1996 and 2009 the components of the import dependency percentages can be found in Table 2.7, Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2010.
4 Provisional 2010 statistics have been provided. These are sourced from Table 2.5 and 2.6 of the online monthly statistical release. The figures for 2010 will be updated and published at 09.30 am on
* The statistics used to compile this table can be found on the DECC website, http:decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/source/coal/coal.aspx.
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