§ 51. Mr. MAGNAYasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state in tons the output per person employed in the mining industry for the year 1934, with a similar figure to the latest available date for the year 1935?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Captain Crookshank)In 1934, the output of coal per person employed in and about coal mines in Great Britain was 280 tons. The corresponding figure for the first 10 months of 1935 was 237 tons, which is equivalent to an annual figure of 284 tons.
§ 52. Mr. MAGNAYasked the Secretary for Mines the output per shift worked in the mining industry for the year 1913 and for each year since 1918, with a similar figure for the latest available period in 1935?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKAs the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with my hon. Friend's permission, circulate the information, so far as it is available, in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The information is as follows:
| Year or Period and Output of Coal per man-shift worked. | |
| Cwts. | |
| 1913 | Not available |
| June, 1914 | 20.32 |
| July-December, 1918 | 17.75 |
| 1919 | 15.60 |
| 1920 | 14.54 |
| January-March, 1921 | 14.46 |
| October-December, 1921 | 17.73 |
| 1922 | 18.02 |
| 1923 | 17.83 |
| 1924 | 17.59 |
| 1925 | 18.02 |
| January-April, 1926 | 18.46 |
| 1927 | 20.61 |
| 1928 | 21.29 |
| 1929 | 21.69 |
| 1930 | 21.62 |
| 1931 | 21.61 |
| 1932 | 21.99 |
| 1933 | 22.47 |
| 1934 | 22.94 |
| January-June, 1935 | 23.25 |