§ 15. Mr. LUNN (for Mr. D. GRENFELL)asked the Secretary for Mines the number of mines that have closed down since the 1st January, 1925, in each of 1586 the mining districts, with the reduction in the numbers of men employed in the same period?
§ Commodore KINGAs the reply involves a statistical statement, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the statement:
| District. | Number of pits closed since 1st January, 1925. | Increase (+) or decrease (-) in the total number of wage-earners employed in the district since 1st January, 1925. |
| England. | ||
| Northumberland | 44 | -11,324 |
| Durham | 94 | -29,593 |
| Cumberland and Westmorland. | 10 | +763 |
| South Yorks | 42 | +521 |
| West Yorks | 57 | -12,856 |
| Lancs. and Cheshire | 81 | -21,880 |
| North Derbyshire | 47 | -9,100 |
| Nottingham | 5 | -5,104 |
| South Derbyshire | 4 | -878 |
| Leicestershire | 1 | -1,171 |
| Cannock Chase | 27 | -2,971 |
| North Staffs. | 31 | -5,754 |
| South Staffs, and Worcester. | 73 | -1,058 |
| Shropshire | 24 | -965 |
| Warwickshire | 6 | -3,130 |
| Forest of Dean | 43 | -1,365 |
| Bristol | — | -655 |
| Somerset | 2 | -1,548 |
| Kent | — | +2,376 |
| Wales. | ||
| South Wales and Monmouth. | 269 | -51,123 |
| North Wales | 16 | -4,177 |
| Scotland. | ||
| Fife and Clackmannan. | 29 | -9,756 |
| The Lothians (Mid and East). | 10 | -3,676 |
| Lanarkshire | 150 | -25,216 |
| Ayrshire | 47 | -3,803 |
| Scotland | 236 | -42,451 |
| Great Britain | 1,112 | -203,443 |
§ Of the 1,112 pits closed 362 have been notified as abandoned.