HC Deb 21 December 1983 vol 51 c234W
Mr. Hickmet

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how productivity in the United Kingdom steel industry compared with that in France and West Germany in 1979 and in the latest period for which figures are available.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The comparative productivity figures, in tonnes of crude steel per man-year, are as follows:

1979 1983*
United Kingdom 133 220
France 187 181
West Germany 225 208
*January-September (annualised).

Source: Eurostat.