Mr. Eddie Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many steel jobs were lost within the United Kingdom steel industry between January 1966 and December 1972.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithPrecise information about job losses is not available, but an indication of the net charge can be obtained by comparing the levels of employment over the period. Between January 1966 and November 1972, the latest date for which information is available, the number of employees in the iron and steel industry decreased by 71,000. The figure is provisional.