Crude Steel Production (Wales)

HC Deb 02 December 1969 vol 792 c248W

Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Minister of Technology what was the total tonnage of crude steel produced in Wales in each year from 1957 to 1968.

Mr. Benn

The following is the information:

PRODUCTION OF CRUDE STEEL IN WALES(a)
	Thousand tons
1957	…	…	…	…	6,276.4
1958(b)	…	…	…	…	5,817.7
1959	…	…	…	…	6,286.9
1960	…	…	…	…	7,178.5
1961	…	…	…	…	6,367.0
1962	…	…	…	…	6,709.5
1963	…	…	…	…	7,631.0
1964(b)	…	…	…	…	8,164.3
1965	…	…	…	…	8,645.8
1966	…	…	…	…	8,232.8
1967	…	…	…	…	7,976.9
1968	…	…	…	…	8,251.0
(a) The statistics relate to Wales and Monmouthshire.
(b) 53-week periods. The other periods are o[...] 52 weeks.