§ 55. Mr. SIMMONSasked the First Commissioner of Works if he will state the price paid per ton for the coal purchased from Warwickshire and Yorkshire collieries and delivered to his Department for the use of Government offices in London, and the total quantities purchased from these sources during the 1370 year 1930; and whether he can give details showing the pit-head price, railway rates, wagon hire, depot, and other charges included in the total cost for coal supplied from the areas named?
§ The FIRST COMMISSIONER of WORKS (Mr. Lansbury)The average price for domestic coal supplies purchased direct from collieries and delivered in London Government Offices is approximately 32s. per ton. This figure includes railway rates and wagon hire, loading and delivery charges and overhead expenses, borne direct by the Department. The quantity of coal so purchased during 1930 was approximately 20,000 tons.
§ 56. Mr. SIMMONSasked the First Commissioner of Works if he will state the price paid, per ton, for coal supplied to his Department for Government local use from local collieries in the towns of Stafford and Sheffield, with the details of how the total price is made up; and what is the price paid for direct supplies of coal to his Department in Nuneaton from the local collieries, with details of how the total price is made up?
§ Mr. LANSBURYThe average price for coal delivered into cellars in Staffordshire, Yorkshire and Warwickshire is approximately 22s. per ton.