§ Sir Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will publish statistics for the number of collieries and average manpower in each British Coal area for the fiscal month of November 1986.
§ Mr. David HuntI am advised by British Coal that the number of collieries at the end of its fiscal month of November 1986, and average manpower during that month, by area, was:
Four weeks ended 22 November 1986 Number of pits Average manpower Scotland 6 5,384 North East 9 15,390 North Yorkshire 19 18,727 South Yorkshire 18 16,657 North Derbyshire 7 7,784 Nottinghamshire 21 24,127 South Midlands 8 7,649 Kent 2 1,264 Western 12 13,137 South Wales 15 11,859