§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on the steel industry given in the replies of 4 February 1980, Official Report, c. 15–16, to the hon. Member for Grimsby.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his answer, 8 April 1982, c. 477–78]: Information as is available to answer the other question is as follows:
Crude Steel Produced per Process Worker* Tonnes †1978 1979 1980 1981 USA 333 325 306 330 Japan‡ 466 541 563 523 West Germany 273 306 296 297 Italy 316 311 330 313 France 259 292 323 338 United Kingdom 176 195 **124 ††250 Belgium 321 337 319 337 Spain 180 197 na na Australia 254 261 233 na Luxembourg 375 377 374 369 SourceOECD.
Notes
* Including workers in auxiliary departments and services
† The definition of process workers used in the reply given in 1980 has since been changed in the OECD statistics. The table gives the revised 1978 figures.
‡Including apprentices.
** Production was reduced as a result of the steel strike.
†† Estimated.