§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Minister of Power (1) if he will show in the form of an index the output of crude steel in Scotland in each of the years from 1948 to 1958, taking 1948 as 100;
(2) what proportion of United Kingdom crude steel output was produced in Scotland in each of the years from 1948 to 1958.
§ Mr. GeorgeThe required information is given in the following tables:
SCOTLAND—CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION — Index (19481=100) As a percentage of United Kingdom Output 1948 … 100.0 15.2 1949 … 105.7 15.3 1950 … 107.6 14.9 1951 … 93.8 13.5 1952* … 93.7 12.9 1953 … 103.1 13.2 1954 … 99.0 12.1 1955 … 104.0 11.8 1956 … 111.8 12.2 1957 … 116.5 12.1 1958* … 93.5 10.9 * Reduced to 52 weeks for comparability.