Shipbuilding

HC Deb 09 December 1976 vol 922 cc291-2W

Mr. Hordern

asked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will give the

Capital Expenditure at 1970 Prices	Productivity
		Coal Mining	Iron and Steel Manufacture	Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering	(a) Coal Mining Colliery productivity	(b) Iron and Steel Manufacture Index of output per man year
		£ per employee	£ per employee	£ per employee	Cwt. per manshift	1954=100
1965	…	162	236	n.a.	35.9	124.9
1966	…	175	223	n.a.	36.3	119.9
1967	…	188	260	n.a.	38.2	119.4
1968	…	155	250	143	41.7	128.7
1969	…	134	257	n.a.	43.4	134.3
1970	…	157	346	148	44.1	133.0
1971	…	162	543	131	43.9	124.9
1972	…	148	553	116	43.6	135.4
1973	…	146	463	175	45.0	147.4
1974	…	183	554	217	42.8	131.1
1975	…	300	644	n.a.	44.9	111.3
(a) As published in Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 1976.
(b) As published in Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau Annual Statistics 1976.
n.a. = Not available.

Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what has been the investment performance by British industry in the years following entry to the EEC.

Mr. Les Huckfield

Figures of investment by manufacturing industry in the United Kingdom from 1966 to date are published regularly inTrade and

United Kingdom share of world shipbuilding construction for each year since 1965.

Mr. Les Huckfield

Tthe information is as follows:

PERCENTAGE OF WORLD SHIPBUILDING COMPLETED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
1965	…	…	…	10.9
1966	…	…	…	7.6
1967	…	…	…	7.8
1968	…	…	…	6.2
1969	…	…	…	4.4
1970	…	…	…	6.3
1971	…	…	…	5.1
1972	…	…	…	4.5
1973	…	…	…	3.5
1974	…	…	…	3.6
1975	…	…	…	3.4

Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping.