§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will bring up to date the figures on productivity in the steel industry given in his answer of 4 February 1980, Official Report, c. 15–16.
§ Mr. Butcher[pursuant to his reply, 4 March 1983, c. 266]: Updated information, covering the years 1978 to 1981, was provided in response to the hon. Member's question of 19 April 1982—[Vol. 22, c. 26.] Information as is available for 1982, together with certain figures additional to those included in the previous answer, are given in the following table:
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Crude steel produced per process worker* 1982† Tonnes USA ‡ Japan ‡ West Germany 272 Italy 314 France 312 United Kingdom 255 Belgium 282 Spain ‡ Australia ‡ Luxembourg 362 * Including workers in auxiliary departments and services. † All figures are estimated. That for italy is based on employment in the first six months and may be a slight understatement of the proper figure.
‡ Not yet available.
Note:
The 1981 figure for the United Kingdom (estimated in the previous answer) is 244; that for Australia (previously not available) is 232.
Sources:
SOEC, OECD.