§ 84. Mr. GEORGE HALLasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines which were producing coal in this country on the latest available date and for the corresponding date for the years 1924 and 1925; the total wages paid per week to the workpeople employed at the coal mines of this country on the latest available date and for the corresponding date for the years 1924 and 1925; and the number of workpeople employed at the coal mines of this country for the same periods?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)I regret that it has not been possible to collect this information in the time available. I hope to supply the figures to the hon. Member on Monday and to circulate the answer in the OFFICIAL REPORT on that day.
§ 85. Mr. JOHNasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines producing coal in South Wales and Monmouthshire on the latest date available and for the corresponding date of the years 1924 and 1925; the total number of wage-earners employed in the same area on the latest available date and for the corresponding date of the years 1924 and 1925; and the total wages paid to the wage-earners employed in the coal mines of South Wales and Monmouthshire on the latest available date and for the corresponding date of the years 1924 and 1925?
§ Colonel LANE FOXAt the middle of November, 1927, 467 pits were producing coal in South Wales and Monmouthshire, and 179,500 wage-earners were employed. The corresponding figures for 1924 were 492 and 220,200, and for 1925, 476 and 199,900. During the months of August, September and October, 1927, the latest period for which information is available, the estimated total weekly wage bill was £430,000. The corresponding figures for 1924 and 1925 were £660,000and. £508,000.