§ Mr. Hordernasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish a table showing the cost of wages and salaries in the British Steel Corporation, in each of the years since it became a nationalised concern, the number of employees in each of those years, the percentage increase in earnings per head and the quantity of steel produced in each year.
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§ Mr. Les HuckfieldThis is a matter for the British Steel Corporation. Information on the cost of wages and salaries, the number of employees at the end of each financial year and the quantity of steel produced is given in the annual reports of the Corporation, copies of which are laid before the House. More detailed figures on a calendar year basis appear in its publication "Annual Statistics of the Corporation", which is also available in the Library.