HC Deb 19 February 1935 vol 298 cc158-9
11. Mr. T. SMITH

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the total amount of coal produced by machinery during 1934; and the amount so produced in the same period in South and West Yorkshire, respectively?

Mr. E. BROWN

This information will not be available until about the end of March.

13. Mr. SMITH

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the number of separate mines employed in producing coal in each district during each of the last five years?

Mr. E. BROWN

As the reply involves a statistical statement I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the reply:

Districts Number of Mines which produced coal in
1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934 (provisional).
England and Wales.
Northumberland … … … 97 100 95 97 97
Durham … … … 235 218 212 209 216
Cumberland and Westmorland … … … 33 34 32 28 24
Lancashire and Cheshire … … … 181 174 161 155 145
Yorkshire, South … … … 105 103 106 99 102
Yorkshire, West … … … 112 104 96 97 98
Nottinghamshire … … … 45 46 46 45 45
Derbyshire, North … … … 96 88 91 91 89
Derbyshire, South … … … 12 10 10 9 10
Staffordshire, North … … … 59 61 76 75 79
Cannock Chase … … … 36 36 37 38 35
Staffordshire, South, and Worcestershire … 73 58 45 47 46
Leicestershire … … … 15 13 13 13 12
Warwickshire … … … 19 18 18 18 18
Shropshire … … … 37 37 28 31 28
Forest of Dean … … … 45 37 33 33 32
Somersetshire … … … 14 13 13 13 12
Bristol … … … 3 3 3 3 3
Kent … … … 4 4 4 4 4
South Wales and Monmouthshire … … 470 447 417 409 409
North Wales … … … 25 24 23 24 23
Scotland.
Fife, Clackmannan, Kinross and Sutherland … 54 53 46 43 43
Lothians (Mid and East) and Peebles … 29 30 28 29 28
Lanarkshire, Linlithgow, Stirling, Renfrew and Dumbarton. 206 203 185 177 192
Ayrshire, Dumfries and Argyll … … 59 59 56 54 54
Great Britain … … … 2,064 1,973 1,874 1,841 1,844