§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the total public 531W expenditure reduction to be made by his Department following the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget Statement of 15th April; and if he will publish details of all projects in health, social services, education, roads and housing which have been affected by this reduction, and the total expenditure cut in each project.
§ Mr. John MorrisAt 1974 survey prices, the total reduction to be made by my Department in 1976–77 will be about £18 million. The individual projects to be affected will depend to a large extent on proposals yet to be formulated by local authorities and area health authorities. There will be no reductions in new local authority house building or basic needs school building.
thousand tonnes January February March April 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1975 1975 1975 IMPORTS (a) all types of steel 848 1,191 1,515 2,780 329 304 286 206 (b) plates 26 100 149 466 60 57 71 64 (c) light rolled products 229 323 310 370 25 24 33 21 (d) sheets (coated and uncoated) 322 524 620 950 92 92 86 56 (e) tinplate 64 40 37 49 5 7 6 3 EXPORTS (a) all types of steel 609 676 858 792 59 69 71 60 (b) plates 60 86 126 68 6 9 6 6 (c) light rolled products 140 162 202 171 15 18 16 17 (d) sheets (coated and uncoated) 162 160 200 161 9 10 9 5 (e) tinplate 25 21 34 27 3 3 2 3