asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will publish in the Official Report a list of steel plants which have been closed or substantially closed since May 1979 and the plants which have been scheduled for closure in substantial part, together with the number of jobs lost in each case.
The following list covers closures involving more than 100 employees, and partial closures estimated to have resulted in the loss of more than 500 job opportunities, which have taken place since May 1979 or are scheduled to take place shortly.
| Numbers | |
| BSC Plants | |
| Barrow | 170 |
| Beckermet ore mine | 200 |
| Bilston | 2,350 |
| Clydebridge | 575 |
| Consett | 4,300 |
| Cookley | 600 |
| Corby | 6,000 |
| Craigneuk | 380 |
| Glengarnock | 200 |
| Hallside | 600 |
| Hartlepool | 1,000 |
| Jarrow | 280 |
Numbers
| |
| Lanarkshire | 550 |
| Landore | 330 |
| Llanwern/Port Talbot | 6,700 |
| Monkshall | 240 |
| Prothero | 600 |
| Rotherham (Aldwarke/Templeborough) | 4,000 |
| Scunthorpe: | |
| Normanby Park | 4,100 |
| Redbourne | 1,700 |
| Shotton | 7,000 |
| Stocksbridge | 500 |
| Teesside: | |
| Cargo Fleet | 400 |
| Cleveland/Clay Lane | 2,700 |
| Tinsley Park | 1,100 |
| Warrington | 680 |
| Workington | 1,500 |
Private Sector Plants:
| |
| John Bagnall & Sons | 330 |
| Brockhouse District Steel | 300 |
| Brymbo Steelworks | 1,250 |
| Ductile Planetary Mill | 270 |
| Duport Steel Works | 1,300 |
| Firth Brown/Forgemasters | 1,750 |
| GKN South Wales | 600 |
| Hadfields | 2,650 |
| London Works Steel | 480 |
| Patent Shaft Steelworks | 1,530 |
| Round Oak Steelworks | 1,800 |
Total numbers not readily available:
| |
| Aurora | |
| Effingham Steelworks | |
| Exors of James Mills | |
| Richard Johnson & Nephew | |
| Lilleshall Steel | |
| Lloyds (Dudley) | |
| Loughlan | |
| Manchester Steel | |
| Martin Black | |
| Neepsend | |
| James Neill | |
| Park Webb Forge | |
| Swift Levick | |
The total number of job opportunities lost in the steel industry in the same period, by demanning as well as capacity reductions, was approximately 130,000.