§ 21. Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Industry what is his estimate of the overall percentage reduction in capacity for manufacturing (a) steel and (b) tinplate arising from the closures and redundancies announced by British Steel since 1979.
§ Mr. ButcherSince 1979, total potential liquid steel capacity in BSC, as been reduced by 14 per cent., and manned capacity by about 32 per cent. For tinplate, no significant change in BSC's total potential capacity has occurred during this period. No figures are available for the reduction in manned capacity for tinplate production.