§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to the percentage change in steelmaking capacity (a) between 1970 and 1986 and (b) between 1979 and 1986 in (i) the European Economic Community as a whole, (ii) the United Kingdom, (iii) Scotland, (iv) England, (v) Wales and (vi) each of the other member states of the European Economic Community.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following is the available information.
Crude Steel: Production potential Percentage changes 1970–86 1979–86 England n.a. -37.1 Scotland n.a. + 33.3 Wales n.a. + 2.3 United Kingdom * -20.8 -19.4 Belgium -10.5 -31.0 Denmark * + 60.0 -33.3 France + 1.9 -19.9 Greece *+462.5 † +246.1 Ireland * +200.0 + 200.0 Italy +68.9 -1.1 Luxembourg -10.0 -25.0 Netherlands + 50.9 -3.6 West Germany -10.8 -31.4 EEC 10 + 5.1 -19.0 Spain n.a. n.a. Portugal n.a. n.a. Sources: ECSC Investment in the Community coalmining and iron and steel industries, except those marked * and †. *Data for 1970 from OECD, the Iron and Steel industry in 1970 and trends in 1971. † Data for 1979 from OECD, the Iron and Steel industry in 1979. n.a. = not available.
§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has as to how many people are employed in the steelmaking industry of each of the member states of the European Economic Community at present; and if he will give comparable figures for each year since 1974.
§ Mr. Peter MorrisonThe following is the available information.
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Total labour force employed in ECSC activities Average numbers employed ('000) 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 January-March* Belgium 63.6 61.4 58.4 54.2 49.3 49.0 47.0 44.7 43.1 40.5 38.7 35.6 33.7 Denmark 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.8 France 155.7 157.0 155.1 149.3 135.8 125.0 114.0 100.2 96.8 92.6 87.1 80.8 74.4 Greece† 8.7 — 8.5 — 8.3 8.5 8.7 — 7.0 — 4.2 4.2 — Ireland 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.6 Italy 93.8 96.0 96.9 97.3 96.3 98.0 101.0 98.3 93.9 90.5 81.7 71.1 68.8 Luxembourg 23.4 22.7 22.0 20.1 17.3 17.0 16.0 13.9 13.4 12.4 12.7 12.4 12.7 Netherlands 23.8 23.2 23.1 21.9 21.5 21.0 21.0 20.9 20.5 19.7 18.7 18.9 18.8 Portugal† 5.0 5.6 5.6 — 6.2 6.5 6.7 — 7.1 6.9 6.7 6.5 — Spain† 89.4 90.0 91.0 90.8 88.4 87.4 85.8 80.5 76.5 72.9 69.2 — — United Kingdom 197.7 190.7 183.3 182.0 170.0 162.0 134.0 96.0 81.9 67.3 62.3 60.7 58.4 West Germany 230.6 226.7 220.3 214.4 205.0 204.0 201.0 192.0 181.2 168.9 156.5 152.1 150.3 Sources: Eurostat except where marked †. * Provisional. † OECD, the Steel Market.