HC Deb 29 March 1933 vol 276 cc1000-1
29 and 30. Mr. DAVID GRENFELL (for Mr. DAGGAR)

asked the Secretary for Mines if he will state (1) the output of coal in Great Britain; the quantity exported; the f.o.b. prices for each year from 1920 to 1932, inclusive; and similar statistics for South Wales;

(2) The Average weekly wage paid in the mining industry in Great Britain for each year from 1920 to 1932, inclusive?

The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Ernest Brown)

As the replies to these questions involve long statistical statements, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. GODFREY NICHOLSON

If my hon. Friend is preparing a table of statistics will he consider the inclusion of figures covering every other individual district as well?

Mr. BROWN

I could not undertake to do that. The table for which I am asked now would cover 24 different lines.

Mr. GRENFELL

Does not the answer to the questions cover all districts?

Mr. BROWN

One part of the question concerns Great Britain and another part, South Wales and Monmouthshire. It is that to which the hon. Member for Morpeth (Mr. Nicholson) refers.

Following are the statements:

Year. Great Britain. South Wales and Monmouthshire.
Output of Coal. Quantity of Coal Exported. Average Declared Value per ton f.o.b. Output of Coal. Quantity of Coal Exported.* Average Declared Value per ton f.o.b.
Thousand Thousand Thousand Thousand
Tons. Tons. s. d. Tons. Tons. s. d.
1920 … 229,424 24,932 79 11 46,249 15,470 79 7
1921 … 163,163 24,661 34 10 30,572 12,247 37 5
1922 … 249,607 64,198 22 7 50,325 25,634 24 7
1923 … 276,001 79,459 25 2 54,252 30,130 26 3
1924 … 267,118 61,651 23 5 51,085 25,682 25 4
1925 … 243,176 50,817 19 10 44,630 21,454 23 3
1926 … 126,279 20,596 18 7 20,273 9,295 20 10
1927 … 251,232 51,149 17 10 46,256 22,592 20 2
1928 … 237,472 50,051 15 7 43,312 21,415 17 9
1929 … 257,907 60,267 16 2 48,150 24,716 18 4
1930 … 243,882 54,874 16 8 45,108 23,299 19 1
1931 … 219,459 42,750 16 3 37,085 18,004 19 0
1932 … 208,733† 38,899 16 3 34,874† 16,504 19 7
* From Bristol Channel Ports.
† Provisional figures.
NOTE.—Exports to the Irish Free State are included from 1st April, 1923.

The average weekly cash earnings of all workers employed in the coal-mining industry in Great Britain during the years 1920 to 1932, excluding periods affected by national disputes, were as follows:
£ s. d. £ s. d.
1920 (excluding October to December).* 4 6 11 1926 (excluding May to December) 2 13 9
1927 2 7 2
1921 (excluding April to June) 3 11 7 1928 2 3 9
1922 2 8 1 1929 2 5 6
1923 2 11 8 1930 2 3 10
1924 2 13 2 1931 2 2 11
1925 2 10 8 1932 2 2 1
* The national dispute in 1920 lasted three weeks, but as quarterly returns only are available, the period October to December has been excluded.