§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total production of liquid steel in Great Britain in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Sainsbury[holding answer 23 November 1992]: Steel production is usually measured in terms of "crude steel production". This measure the crude output that can 727W go forward for further processing, and is typically 1–2 per cent. less than the initial output of liquid steel. Information about crude steel production is regularly published by the Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau in "Iron and Steel Industry Annual Statistics", which is available in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. HainTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the total quantity of steel imports for(a) the part-year from 1 January 1992 to the most recent record available, (b) the equivalent part-year period for 1991. 1990 and 1985 and (c) the percentage change year oil year.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 23 November 1992]: The information is as follows:
Year Imports Average annual percentage change over previous period 1985 2,700,692 n.a. 1990 3,820,593 7.2 1991 4,011,752 5.0 1992 3,979,761 -0.8 Covers imports of all United Kingdom steel industry products. n.a. = not applicable.
Source: Iron and Steel Statistics Bureau.