HC Deb 09 May 1935 vol 301 cc1132-3
39. Mr. GEORGE HALL

asked the Secretary for Mines the average weekly wage paid, the daily output per man, and the number of workmen employed in the coal-mining industry of Great Britain for each year from 1920 to 1934, inclusive, and similar statistics for South Wales?

The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Ernest Brown)

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

The information, is as follows:

South Wales and Monmouth.†
Year. Average Weekly Cash Earnings of all workers employed. Output per Manshift worked. Average Number of Persons Employed.
Wage-earners. Clerks and Salaried Persons.
£ s. d. Cwts.
1920 … … 4 18 1* 12.67 271,161
1921 … … 3 17 7* January-March, 11.96 232,043
April-September, not available.
October-December, 16.40
1922 … … 2 8 9 16.82 243,015
1923 … … 2 12 3 16.40 252,617
1924 … … 2 13 7 16.07 245,805 4,260
1925 … … 2 13 6 16.16 214,482 3,327
1926 … … 2 17 9* 16.70 January-April. March,
214,568 3,185
December,
153,252 3,129
1927 … … 2 7 7 19.52 190,937 3,163
1928 … … 2 8 5 20.23 165,560 2,709
1929 … … 2 9 7 20.46 175,749 2,566
1930 … … 2 7 3* 19.98 170,233 2,637
1931 … … 2 4 4 19.40 155,841 2,321
1932 … … 2 3 5 19.36 143,507 2,202
1933 … … 2 3 9 19.51 140,749 2,151
1934 … … 2 5 11 19.83 137,682 2,124
* Periods affected by disputes have been excluded in calculating the average weekly cash earnings. The national dispute in 1920 and that in South Wales in January, 1931, lasted about three weeks in each case, but as quarterly returns only are available, the whole of the quarters affected have been excluded.
† The figures for 1927 to 1934 relate to the years ended January, 1928 to 1935, respectively.

40. Mr. HALL

asked the Secretary for Mines the total quantity of coal produced and the quantity available for consumption in Great Britain for the years 1913, 1920, 1924 and 1928, and for each of the last five years?

Mr. BROWN

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

The information is as follows:

Year. Output of Coal in Great Britain. Quantity of Coal available for consumption in Great Britain.
Million tons. Million tons.
1913 287.35 183.85
1920 229.42 180.72
1924 267.12 180.36
1928 237.47 163.86
1930 243.88 166.58
1931 219.46 155.68
1932 208.73 149.50
1933 207.11 148.37
1934 220.73 161.47