HC Deb 10 February 1931 vol 248 cc184-5
12. Mr. GORDON MACDONALD

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of boys under 16 years of age employed underground in the mining industry of Great Britain, along with the number of accidents amongst such boys, specifying fatal and non-fatal, for each of the last three years, giving separate figures for Lancashire and Cheshire?

NUMBER of BOYS under 16 years of age employed below-ground at mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, and the number of such boys killed and injured, during the years 1927,1928 and 1929.
— Average number employed below-ground. Number of Boys killed. Number of Boys disabled for more than 3 days.
Lancashire and Cheshire.
1927 … … … … … 1,216 3 296
1928 … … … … … 1,107 3 232
1929 … … … … … 1,316 3 301
Great Britain.
1927 … … … … … 29,563 35 6,518
1928 … … … … … 26,663 30 6,114
1929 … … … … … 28,574 40 7,122
Similar particulars for 1930 are not yet available.