HC Deb 17 December 1987 vol 124 cc611-2W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish statistics for the total tonnages achieved in the British steel industry since 1977 and any comparable information available to him about the Japanese steel industry.

Mr. Atkins

The information available is as follows:

Crude steel production United Kingdom and Japan
(million Tonnes)
Year United Kingdom Japan
1977 20.5 102.4
1978 20.3 102.1
1979 21.5 111.7
1980 111.3 111.4
1981 15.3 101.7
1982 13.7 99.5
1983 15.0 97.2
1984 15.1 105.6
1985 15.8 105.3
1986 14.8 98.3
1 United Kingdom steel strike.

Source: International Iron and Steel Institute.