HC Deb 18 March 1930 vol 236 cc1900-1
39. Mr. D. GRENFELL

asked the Secretary for Mines what number of pits were closed down in each coalfield area in the years 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929, respectively; and the number of men displaced on the stoppage of pits in each year?

Mr. TURNER

I regret that information in the form asked for by my hon. Friend is not available, but I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT annual figures of the number of mines at work and of the number of persons employed during the periods mentioned.

The figures are as follow:

(a) Number of Coal Mines at work, and (b) Number of persons employed (including clerks and salaried persons) in the years 1922 to 1925 and 1927 to 1929 inclusive.
District. 1922. 1923. 1924. 1925. 1927. 1928. 1929.
(a) Number of Mines at work.
Northumberland 124 122 124 115 123 105 103
Durham 262 288 293 263 277 265 263
Yorkshire 307 303 295 282 295 255 240
Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales. 304 287 278 267 271 245 235
Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. 206 192 189 185 203 175 173
Stafford, Salop, Worcester and Warwick. 327 307 298 293 333 288 246
South Wales and Monmouth. 640 656 652 607 638 550 506
Other English Districts 124 124 120 115 117 109 106
Scotland 468 468 469 459 462 406 401
Great Britain 2,762 2,747 2,718 2,586 2,719 2,398 2,273
(b) Number of Persons employed.
Northumberland 61,138 64,021 64,977 53,545 50,581 46,922 49,400
Durham 161,652 174,192 174,756 143,000 130,725 130,155 138,800
Yorkshire 178,343 187,421 195,326 191,956 188,738 176,189 174,000
Lancashire, Cheshire and North Wales. 122,557 124,632 124,675 116,689 106,128 96,124 94,100
Derby, Nottingham and Leicester. 128,746 134,598 138,035 134,438 131,289 120,925 120,800
Stafford, Salop, Worcester and Warwick. 91,304 93,252 95,029 91,753 86,952 78,676 75,800
South Wales and Monmouth. 243,015 252,617 250,065 217,089 194,100 168,269 178,200
Other English Districts 27,678 29,290 29,056 27,278 26,366 25,270 24,000
Scotland 134,036 143,267 141,805 125,974 109,008 96,458 99,800
Great Britain 1,148,469 1,203,290 1,213,724 1,102,442 1,023,886 938,988 954,900

Notes.—(1) Figures for 1921 and 1926 are omitted as those years were affected by protracted disputes.

(2) The figures for 1929 are provisional.

(3) Other English Districts include Cumberland, Westmorland, Gloucester, Somerset and Kent.

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