HC Deb 04 August 1926 vol 198 cc2982-3
31. Sir F. WISE

asked the Secretary for Mines the amount of subvention paid to the coalowners for each county in Great Britain?

The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)

I regret that figures for separate counties are not available, and would be laborious to obtain. I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT an estimate of the total subvention in each of the colliery districts.

following are the figures:

£
Scotland 3,650,000
Northumberland 1,656,000
Durham 4,163,000
South Wales and Monmouth- shire 6,466,000
Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Cannock Chase and War-wickshire 3,811,000
Lancashire, North Stafford- shire and Cheshire 2,314,000
North Wales 418,000
South Staffordshire and Salop 227,000
Cumberland 389,000
Bristol 35,000
Forest of Dean 143,000
Somerset 33,000
Kent 45,000
£23,350,000