§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Industry which of the services currently carried out by his Department he proposes to transfer to the private sector as a result of proposed cuts in the Civil Service; how many staff will be saved in each case, and at what cost; and how much it will cost to have those services carried out by the private sector.
§ Mr. David Mitchell[pursuant to his reply,13 December 1979]: It is proposed to convert the National Maritime Institute
Percentage of Crude Steel produced by Oxygen Process Electric Arc Process Open Hearth Process In Wales … … … … 60 17 23 United Kingdom … … … … 56 35 9 EEC … … … … 70 23 6 Note: For the EEC 1 per cent. Is produced by converters.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what share of the United Kingdom domestic market for steel products was held by the British Steel Corporation, the United Kingdom private
PERCENTAGE SHARES OF UNITED KINGDOM MARKET FOR STEEL PRODUCTS 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 January-September British Steel Corporation … 54.0 53.7 54.5 54.1 54.6 Private Sector … 25.3 25.7 25.2 24.9 24.8 Imports … 20.7 20.6 20.3 21.0 20.6
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what were the imports and exports of steel from each member State
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UNITED KINGDOM TRADE IN STEEL INDUSTRY PRODUCTS 1975* 1976* '000 tonnes 1977 1978 IMPORTS Belgium/Luxembourg … 594 384 358 402 Denmark … 10 6 67 82 France … 244 289 260 320 West Germany … 778 736 787 652 Irish Republic … 29 13 13 27 Italy … 192 274 206 255 Netherlands … 742 865 630 484 EXPORTS Belgium/Luxembourg … 82 77 98 107 Denmark … 54 91 122 128 France … 99 148 169 182 West Germany … 158 238 263 304 Irish Republic … 110 190 190 210 Italy … 53 140 162 176 Netherlands … 103 103 142 160 Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau. * Country from which consigned. into a non-governmental research association or other industrial research laboratory. Details of the staff and costs saved are given in another reply today.