HC Deb 06 March 1991 vol 187 cc180-1W
Mr. Gwilym Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the level of investment profitability and manpower in the coal and steel industries in Wales in 1990 and in 1979; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. David Hunt

[holding answer 4 March 1991]: The information is given in the following table:

Industry Capital1 investment Profitability1 Manpower2 Output/man shift Output
£ million £ million ('000 tonnes) ('000 tonnes)
1990
Steel 8— 8— 318,000 6— 75,792.6
British Coal (Deep Mines) 12.4 -7.09 43,000 3.17 4,040
British Coal (Opencast) 4.2 20.5 5213 6— 92.862
1 Details relate to the financial year 1978–79 and 1989–90.
2 Details as at 31 December 1979 and 1990.
3 Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.
4 Figures relate to men on colliery books.
5 Figures only include employees of British Coal Opencast Executive.
6 Information on output/man shift not available.
7 Latest figures from the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.
8 The information on the level of investment and profitability of the steel industry in Wales is not separately available from that for the whole of the United Kingdom.