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Mr. Austin Mitchell
asked the Secretary of State for Industry whether he will bring up to date the information on the steel industry given in the replies of 4 February 1980, Official Report, c. 15–16, to the hon. Member for Grimsby.
Mr. Norman Lamont
[pursuant to his answer, 8 April 1982, c. 477–78]: Information as is available to answer the other question is as follows:
| Crude Steel Produced per Process Worker* | ||||
| Tonnes †1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | |
| USA | 333 | 325 | 306 | 330 |
| Japan‡ | 466 | 541 | 563 | 523 |
| West Germany | 273 | 306 | 296 | 297 |
| Italy | 316 | 311 | 330 | 313 |
| France | 259 | 292 | 323 | 338 |
| United Kingdom | 176 | 195 | **124 | ††250 |
| Belgium | 321 | 337 | 319 | 337 |
| Spain | 180 | 197 | na | na |
| Australia | 254 | 261 | 233 | na |
| Luxembourg | 375 | 377 | 374 | 369 |
Source: OECD.
Notes:
* Including workers in auxiliary departments and services
† The definition of process workers used in the reply given in 1980 has since been changed in the OECD statistics. The table gives the revised 1978 figures.
‡Including apprentices.
** Production was reduced as a result of the steel strike.
†† Estimated.