HC Deb 12 November 1976 vol 919 c298W
Mr. Gordon Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Energy what share of the North Sea oil exploration and development market is now estimated by the Department as having been won by the United Kingdom and Scotland, respectively.

Dr. J. Dickson Mabon

In 1975 British firms won 52 per cent. of orders placed for equipment and services for the United Kingdom Continental Shelf. Separate figures for Scotland do not exist.