HC Deb 25 March 1929 vol 226 cc2043-4
6. Mr. KELLY

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of women who were employed in the coalmining industry in British India in each of the last four years; and what proportion of these women miners were employed underground?

Earl WINTERTON

As the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. KELLY

I am asking the Noble Lord to give the figures for last year, with the proportion.

Earl WINTERTON

They are very complicated figures, but I can give the figure for 1927. The total was 47,443.

Following is the answer:

Figures for 1928 are not yet available. The daily average number of females employed in and about the: coal mines in India for the years 1924–1927 is as follows. The figures from 1926 onwards are shown in a slightly different form from those of earlier years:

— 1924. 1925.
Employed below ground—
Miners 30,795 28,963
Others 10,421 10,655
Above ground 21,994 18,913
Total 63,610 58,531
1926. 1927.
Employed underground 28,496 28,041
In open workings 7,111 5,800
On surface 14,825 13,602
Total 50,432 47,443

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