§ 15. Commander BELLAIRSasked the Home Secretary if he will state the percentage of loss of life and the number of settlements of claims under the Workmen's Compensation Act in the mercantile marine and in coal mines, respectively, for the latest years available?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSAccording to the Workmen's Compensation returns for 1927, the number of fatal cases expressed as a percentage of the number of persons employed was, in the Shipping Industry 0.103 and in the Mining Industry 0.107. The total number of cases for which compensation was paid in the Shipping Industry was 7,771, but this included 1,030 cases continued from previous years. The corresponding figures in the Mining Industry were 205,382 and 33,344.