§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will publish figures for (a) employment in the steel industry in Scotland, (b) steelmaking capacity in Scotland, (c) steel production in Scotland and (d) the estimated total demand for steel in Scotland for each of the years 1967, 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1981.
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§ Mr. Butcher[pursuant to his reply, 13 December 1982, Vol. 34, c. 10]: Such information as is readily available on employment, capacity and production is given in the following table. Figures of demand are not available.
Steel Industry in Scotland Employment* Capacity† Production‡ (mid-year, '000) (million tonnes) (million tonnes) 1967 29.2 ≑ 2.6 1970 27.9 ≑ 3.3 1975 27.4 2.9 2.0 1980 18.0¶ 3.2 1.3 1981 15.4¶ 3.2 2.0 * These figures are derived from the Scottish manufacturing establishment record. They relate to units with 11 or more employees classified, as is known, to Minimum List Headings 311 and 312—"Iron and Steel, and steel tubes". † Source: European Coal and Steel Community. † Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau. ≑ Not readily available. ¶ Estimated.