§ Mr. Raceasked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will publish in the Official Report details of the market import penetration levels for (a) the last 12 months and (b) the past five years pertaining in the industrial and domestic dry battery industry.
§ Mr. Sproat[pursuant to his reply, 5 April 1982, c. 218.]: I regret that there are no market penetration statistics available for dry batteries as such, but estimates for a close approximation to them—primary batteries and parts thereof—are given below.
Period Import penetration (per cent.) 1976 17 1977 24½ 1978 28½ 1979 21½ 1980 27½ *Q4/1981 32 * The figure for 1981 as a whole is not available because of the disruption resulting from last year's Civil Service dispute.