HC Deb 25 April 1977 vol 930 c222W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what tonnage of tool steels, high speed steels, and stainless steel bars produced in the United Kingdom in 1976;and what is his estimate of such production in 1977.

Mr. Les Huckfield

Statistics of production are not available. Deliveries from United Kingdom production for home and export markets are as follows:

DELIVERIES OF FINISHED STEEL PRODUCTS IN 1976
tonnes
Tool, die and magnet steel
Non-alloy 1,466
alloy 14,158
High speed steel
alloy 9,045
Stainless steel bars
rods and bars in coil 8,229
other bard not in coil 9,591
bright bars 5,053
forged bars 986

Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau. Estimates for 1977 are not available.