§ Mr. Brian Parkynasked the President of the Board of Trade what the annual national consumption of paper has been during each of the past 10 years, not including paper used in building or plastics manufacture.
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§ Mr. DarlingFigures of consumption are available only for newsprint. For other paper and board available figures relate to home market deliveries by domestic producers, and imports, and do not take account of changes in stocks held by merchants and consumers. It is not possible to exclude paper used in building or plastics manufacture but the figures in the table exclude building board. The figures are
Thousand tons Consumption of newsprint Home market deliveries of other paper and board excluding building board 1957 894.0 3,196.3 1958 945.0 3,307.3 1959 1,138.8 3,514.8 1960 1,266.3 3,935.4 1961 1,273.6 3,930.9 1962 1,256.0 3,956.7 1963 1,309.2 4,225.0 1964 1,415.1 4,538.5 1965 1,417.6 4,640.4 1966* 1,407.0 4,802.2 * Provisional: based on figures for January to November.