§ 72. Mr. BATEYasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines closed in the county of Durham on 31st July, 1925, also on 30th November, 1925, and the number of miners unemployed on each date?
§ Colonel LANE-FOXOn the 31st July, 1925, 07 mines in the county of Durham, normally employing 40,600 wage-earners, had closed and not re-opened since the 1st January, 1924. On 30th November, 1925, the corresponding figures were 91 and 34,300 respectively. The number of colliery workers in the county of Durham whose unemployment books were lodged at exchanges on 27th July, 1925, was 41,821, and on 26th October, 1925 (the latest date available), 48,189. These figures include persons on short time.