Miss WARDasked the President of the Board of Trade the aggregate tonnage of
IMPORTS OF SCRAP INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM. — 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. (January to September) Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. *Scrap and waste, fit only for the recovery of metal: Iron and steel scrap and waste: Consigned from foreign countries 82,280 102,259 78,706 263,220 Consigned from British countries 13,911 13,106 25,683 Non-ferrous metalliferous scrap and old metal: Consigned from foreign countries 11,424 8,167 6,519 15,080† Consigned from British countries 5,560 4,014 5,100 * Prior to 1933 the figures relate to "scrap and old metal fit only for re-manufacture." † Includes aluminium scrap which was excluded prior to 1934.