§ 103. Mr. Marplesasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what production for the second, third and fourth quarters of 1946 was forecast by the North German Coal Control and the North German Iron and Steel Control for the commodities with which they are respectively concerned; and what production was, in each case, actually achieved.
§ Mr. J. HyndThe following is the information:
79W
Planned and actual production of coal, pig iron and steel in the British zone of Germany in the las three Quarters of 1946. (in metric tons) 1946. Coal. Pig Iron. Steel. Planned Actual Planned. Actual. Planned. Actual. 2nd Quarter — 12,152,000 416,000 423,000 502,000 515,000 3rd Quarter 14,476,000 14, 098,000 523,000 521,000 689,000 701,000 4th Quarter 14,662,000 14,519,000 468,000 466,000 664,000 617,000 Notes 1. Conditions, Including the effect of reduced rations, were so uncertain in the second Quarrel of the year that no forecast of coal production was possible. The figures given for planned coal production in the two subsequent Quarters are based on the estimated daily production for each month and the number of days worked. 2. The planned production of Pig Iron and Steel was calculated, not by the North German Iron and Steel Control, which had not assumed this responsibility in 1946, but by the Ferrous Metallurgy Branch of the British Element of the Control Commission