HC Deb 28 April 1964 vol 694 cc47-8W
Mr. Lawson

asked the Minister of Power if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table in the form of an index showing Scotland's output of crude steel from the years 1948 to 1963, taking 1948 at 100; and if he will also show for each of those years the percentage of United Kingdom crude steel production which was produced in Scotland.

Mr. Erroll

The information is as follows:

Year Index of crude steel output in Scotland (1948=100) Crude steel output in Scotland as percentage of total output in United Kingdom
1948 100.0 15.2
1949 105.7 15.3
1950 107.6 14.9
1951 93.8 13.5
1952 94.6 13.0
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 93.9 10.8
1959 87.1 9.7
1960 119.8 11.1
1961 103.9 10.6
1962 84.1 9.2
1963 91.7 9.2

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