§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the
West Germany France Italy Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg 000's United Kingdom End year— 1966 … … 229 147 68 18 57 22 N.A. 1967 … … 220 141 68 18 57 22 N.A. 1968 … … 223 137 67 19 58 22 N.A. 1969 … … 227 143 70 21 60 22 N.A. 1970 … … 229 146 77 21 60 23 N.A. 1971 … … 218 145 81 22 60 22 N.A. 1972 … … 213 144 86 22 61 22 N.A. 1973 … … 220 152 90 23 62 23 190 1974 … … 223 158 96 25 64 23 188 1975 … … 213 156 96 25 59 21 177 Figures for Ireland and Denmark are not available. The figures in this table exclude apprentices. Registered workers in the iron and steel industry—within the meaning of the ECSC treaty—are workers bound by a contract providing for hourly or daily (shift) remuneration. The figures for the United Kingdom are specially compiled for this definition of the iron and steel industry: similar information prior to 1973 is not available. Source: Eurostat, Quarterly Iron and Steel Statistical Bulletin.
The industrial coverage of the above table excludes certain activities which are important to the iron and steel industry— e.g., the production of steel tubes. Furthermore, as indicated, it lacks data for the United Kingdom prior to 1973.
The following table provides information for the United Kingdom back to 1966, of the total number of employees in respect of the three main sectors of the iron and steel industry, as defined in the standard industrial classification 1968. This has a wider coverage than in the above table but comparable figures for other EEC countries are not available:
UNITED KINGDOM 000's June of year Iron and Steel (General) Steel Tubes Iron Castings etc. 1966 … … 306 60 114 1967 … … 291 58 106 1968 … … 284 57 102 1969 … … 286 57 102 1970 … … 288 56 104 1971 … … 269 54 99 1972 … … 251 52 87 1973 … … 250 51 88 1974 … … 244 51 86 1975 … … 247 53 84 Source: Department of Employment.
466Wnumbers employed in the steel industries of each of the member States of the EEC during each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. GoldingThe following table shows the number of registered workers and employees in the iron and steel industry defined in accordance with the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty, Paris, for the most recent available ten year period: