§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is his estimate of the crude steel capacity in the European Community owned in the several States, and the total (a) in the public sector and (b) in the private sector.
§ Mr. WakehamThe available information is as follows. Separate figures for the public and private sector are not readily available, other than for the United Kingdom, where the public sector is estimated to account for around four-fifths of total crude steel capacity.
Estimated Crude Steel Capacity at 1 January 1981* Million Tonnes Belgium 19.1 Denmark 0.9 France 29.6 Ireland 0.3 Italy 39.8 Luxembourg 6.4 Netherlands 8.6 United Kingdom 25.5 West Germany 67.7 Greece †1.3 Total EC(10) 199.2 Sources: * European Coal and Steel Community. † Estimate by OECD for 1 January 1980.