HC Deb 02 May 1989 vol 152 cc46-7W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total turnover of the United Kingdom insulation industry in 1968, 1978 and in 1988.

Mr. Trippier

Sales of insulation materials such as expanded vermiculite, mineral wood, mica, mica products, glass fibre, etc. were around £300 million in the United Kingdom in 1988. Comparable figures for 1968 and 1978 are not readily available.