§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Paymaster-General the amount of capital expenditure carried out by the steel industry from 1953 in each district of Great Britain.
§ Sir I. HorobinFollowing is the information:
IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY Capital Expenditure, 1953–57* District £'000 1. Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northampton shire and Essex 17,918 2. Lancashire (other than 10), Denbighshire, Flintshire and Cheshire 29.366 3. Yorkshire (other than 5 and 9) None 4. Lincolnshire 28,901 5. North-East Coast 63,147 6. Scotland 36,388 7. Staffordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire 14,738 8. South Wales and Monmouthshire 105,090 9. Sheffield 29,086 10. North-West Coast 3,556 * The figures relate to production facilities for iron and steel activities as defined in the Iron and Steel Act, 1953, and do not include development schemes costing £100,000 or less, or expenditure on ironfounding and steelfounding. Figures for 1958 are not yet available.