§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on the steel industry given in the reply of 8 April, Official Report, c. 479, including figures for 1981–82 and output per operative or equivalent measure of productivity.
§ Mr. ButcherThe additional information requested is as follows:
Steel Costs, Prices and Productivity Year BSC employment costs* (in dollars) per tonne of liquid steel produced 1981–82 95.5 Index of wholesale prices for the steel industriest expressed in dollar terms (1975=100) 1981–82 161.3 BSC man hours worked* per tonne of liquid steel produced 1978–79 14.3 1980–81 14.5 1981–82 9.6 * ECSC activities; manual and staff grade employees † MLHs 311 and 312 Sources: BSC—Annual Report and Accounts
BSC—Annual Statistics for the Corporation