§ 9. Mr. JOHNasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will give figures showing the sum paid to coal royalty owners from the proceeds of the mining industry and the sum paid by the coal royalty owners for the provision of pit-head baths, giving figures for each year since 1926, rate per ton, and separately for each coalfield?
§ Mr. E. BROWNAs the reply involves a statistical statement, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate the information, so far as it is available, in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the information:
159| (1) ROYALTIES AND WAYLEAVES. | ||||||||||||
| District. | Estimated Total Amount of Royalties and Wayleaves (including the rental value of freehold minerals where worked by the proprietors) paid by Colliery Owners in the various Districts of Great Britain for the years 1927 to 1932, and the Average Amount per Ton of Saleable Coal raised. | |||||||||||
| 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | |||||||
| Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | |
| £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | |
| Scotland | 886,000 | 6.15 | 838,000 | 6.22 | 859,000 | 6.03 | 775,000 | 5.88 | 703,000 | 5.8 | 694,000 | 5.78 |
| Northumberland | 333,000 | 5.91 | 310,000 | 5.74 | 308,000 | 5.08 | 299,000 | 5.46 | 298,000 | 5.72 | 274,000 | 5.39 |
| Durham | 864,000 | 5.99 | 825,000 | 5.7 | 929,000 | 5.72 | 838,000 | 5.61 | 711,000 | 5.64 | 658,000 | 5.68 |
| South Wales and Monmouth | 1,607,000 | 8.34 | 1,397,000 | 7.74 | 1,548,000 | 7.65 | 1,340,000 | 7.63 | 1,278,000 | 7.97 | 1,141,000 | 7.86 |
| Yorkshire | 875,000 | 4.57 | 806,000 | 4.44 | 865,000 | 4.44 | 839,000 | 4.49 | 794,000 | 4.67 | 777,000 | 4.84 |
| North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. | 463,000 | 4.07 | 437,000 | 4.02 | 475,000 | 4.00 | 471,000 | 4.04 | 473,000 | 4.23 | 447,000 | 4.3 |
| South Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Cannock Chase and Warwickshire. | 227,000 | 3.8 | 203,000 | 3.72 | 203,000 | 3.52 | 201,000 | 3.59 | 198,000 | 3.67 | 198,000 | 3.82 |
| Lancashire, Cheshire and North Staffordshire. | 520,000 | 5.35 | 461,000 | 5.39 | 480,000 | 5.35 | 450,000 | 5.25 | 449,000 | 5.55 | 410,000 | 5.23 |
| Cumberland, North Wales, South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Bristol, Forest of Dean, Somerset and Kent. | 274,000 | 5.82 | 251,000 | 5.54 | 245,000 | 5.18 | 244,000 | 5.23 | 231,000 | 5.3 | 228,000 | 5.3 |
| Great Britain | 6,049,000 | 5.75 | 5,528,000 | 5.57 | 5,912,000 | 5.47 | 5,457,000 | 5.41 | 5,135,000 | 5.56 | 4,827,000 | 5.53 |
| (2) ROYALTIES WELFARE LEVY. | ||||||||||||||||
| Amount of Royalties Welfare Levy paid by Royalty Owners in Great Britain for each Financial year ending 31st March, 1927, to 1933 inclusive, and the average rate per ton of Saleable Coal raised during the basal year of assessment ended 30th September previously. Particulars by districts are not available. | ||||||||||||||||
| — | 1926–27 (on year to 30-9-26). | 1927–28. | 1928–29. | 1929–30. | 1930–31. | 1931–32. | 1932–33. | |||||||||
| Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | Total. | Per ton. | |||
| £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | £ | d. | |||
| Great Britain | … | … | 159,447 | .24 | 180,818 | .20 | 184,162 | .19 | 223,955 | .21 | 215,708 | .21 | 202,313 | .22 | 179,963 | .20 |