HC Deb 01 July 1994 vol 245 cc740-1W
Mr. Bates

To ask the President of the Board of Trade by how many the number of jobs in the British iron and steel industry changed in each successive year since 1979; and what was the output in million tonnes of the British iron and steel industry in each year since 1979.

Mr. Sainsbury

The figures are as follows:

Year Employment in the iron and steel industry (thousands) Percentage change year on year Pig iron production (millon tonnes) Crude steel production (million tonnes)
1979 156.6 -5.32 12.9 21.5
1980 112.1 -28.42 6.3 11.3
1981 88.2 -21.32 9.6 15.6
1982 74.5 -15.53 8.4 13.7
1983 63.7 -14.50 9.6 15.0
1984 61.9 -2.83 9.6 15.1
1985 59.0 -4.68 10.5 15.7
1986 55.9 -5.25 9.8 14.7
1987 54.9 -1.79 12.1 17.4
1988 55.1 0.36 13.2 19.0
1989 53.8 -2.36 12.8 18.7
1990 50.8 -5.58 12.5 17.8
1991 45.1 -11.22 12.1 16.5
1992 40.8 -9.53 11.7 16.2
1993 40.2 -1.47 11.6 16.5

Source: ISSB.

Notes:

(1) All figures are based on ECSC figures.

(2) The figure for pig iron production should not be added to the crude steel production figures to give a total figure as this would involve double counting.

Mr. Hardy

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is his estimate of the public moneys which have been devoted to sustaining the engineering steel industries of each of the other EC states in each of the last three years and of the sums which will be so expended during 1994–95.

Mr. Sainsbury

There is insufficient information available on which to base a reliable estimate.

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