§ 36. Mr. DAGGARasked the Secretary for Mines if he will give the average output per person employed in mines in 659 Monmouthshire from 1920, each year, to 1930 and also the average wages paid per person for the same period?
§ Mr. ISAAC FOOTAs the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate such information as I have in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I regret that particulars of wages paid in Monmouthshire are not available, but I will give figures for South Wales and Monmouthshire as a whole.
§ Following is the information:
| Year. | Output of Coal per person employed at mines in Monmouthshire. | Average Annual Cash Earnings of all Coalmine workers in South Wales and Monmouthshire. | |
| Tons. | £ | ||
| 1920 | … | 180 | 252 |
| 1922 | … | 225 | 127 |
| 1923 | … | 233 | 136 |
| 1924 | … | 213 | 139 |
| 1925 | … | 212 | 139 |
| 1927 | … | 250 | 124 |
| 1928 | … | 274 | 126 |
| 1929 | … | 280 | 129 |
| 1930 | … | 274 | 117 |
§ NOTE.—The particulars of earnings for the years 1927–1930 relate to the years ended 31st January, 1928,1929,1930and 1931. Earnings in the last named period were affected by a dispute in January, 1931.
§ The years 1921 and 1926 have been omitted as they were affected by prolonged national disputes.