§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the level of steel production in terms of tonnes of steel per employee for each year since 1970 in each current member State of the EEC, the United States of America and Japan.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThe employment figures used in the preparation of the 359W statistics given below are those published in the Annual Reviews of the Steel Market by the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE/STEEL series) 1970 to 1976; for 1977 the figures are those published by the Statistical Office of the European Communities. They reflect dif
CRUDE STEEL PRODUCTION Tonnes per man year 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 United Kingdom … … 86 80 88 135* 119 105 125 118 Belgium … … 223 222 254 264 270 203 222 208 Denmark … … N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. 226 216 289 N.A. France … … 215 209 224 236 246 198 221 223 West Germany … … 135 114 129 143 155 122 131 189† Italy … … 148 142 159 155 168 151 159 240† Luxembourg … … 241 232 245 259 278 220 211 220 Netherlands … … 235 231 249 244 236 190 207 206 Japan … … 198 188 214 263 254 225 245 N.A. United States … … 266 224 253 269 258 231 256 N.A * From 1973 employment as defined for the iron and steel industry in the Treaty of Paris. † Employment figures calculated on different basis compared with earlier years.