Nicholas Soames – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2014-03-24.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the UK’s (a) coal, (b) gas and (c) oil requirements were met by imports from Russia in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Michael Fallon
The amounts of coal and oil imported from Russia by the UK for each year between 2008 and 2012 compared to total UK demand for those fuels are shown in the following tables.
Coal
|
(thousand tonnes) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Import |
21,249 |
17,726 |
8,322 |
12,126 |
16,933 |
|
Proportion of demand |
33% |
34% |
15% |
22% |
25% |
Primary Oil
|
(thousand tonnes) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Import |
8,295 |
5,065 |
5,000 |
6,058 |
7,491 |
|
Proportion of demand |
10% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
11% |
Petroleum Products
|
(thousand tonnes) |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
Import |
1,435 |
2,066 |
2,306 |
2,407 |
2,630 |
|
Proportion of demand |
2% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
There was no gas imported directly from Russia by the UK.
