HC Deb 16 December 1936 vol 318 cc2463-4
55. Lieut.-Commander FLETCHER

(for Mr. KELLY) asked the Minister of Labour the number of tin miners registered as insured in October, 1935, and October, 1936?

Lieut.-Colonel MUIRHEAD

Separate statistics of the numbers insured in the tin-mining industry are not available. For statistical purposes persons employed in this industry are included in the industrial group "Lead, Tin and Copper mining," and the estimated total number of insured persons, aged 14–64, in this classification in Great Britain was 4,510 at July, 1935, and 4,270 at July, 1936. Estimates of the numbers insured in particular industries are available only in respect of July of each year.

Mr. E. J. WILLIAMS

Does not the Minister realise the necessity of publishing separate statistics in relation to this industry?