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Road And Rail Freight (Statistics)

Volume 722: debated on Wednesday 8 December 1965

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asked the Minister of Transport if he will bring up to date Tables 1, 2(i), 3(i) and 4(i), published in "the Transport Needs of Great Britain in the Next Twenty Years" 1963.

, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 3rd December, 1965; Vol. 721, c. 274] states as follows:I regret that the figures in the last column of each of the tables 2(i), 3(i), and 4(i) are incorrect. Amended versions of the tables follow:

TABLE 4(i)
IRON AND STEEL FINISHED PRODUCTS
SUMMARY OF PAST CHANGES

Average 1952·1954

1960

Average annual percentage change 1952·4/1960

1964

Average annual percentage change 1960·1964

Deliveries of iron castings and finished steel (million tons)17·522·7+3·824·5+1·9
RAIL TRAFFIC
Revenue carryings of iron a steel products (million tons)9·99·7-0·310·4+1·8