§ 13. Mr. THORNEasked the Secretary for Mines the amount of rates paid by colliery owners to the following local 1862 authorities: Derbyshire, Durham, Scotland, South Wales, Lancashire and Cheshire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire; and the amount of royalties paid to landowners in those counties referred to?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKAs the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ The information is as follows:
§ Estimated Total Amount of Royalties and Wayleaves (including the rental value of freehold minerals where worked by the proprietors) and of Local Rates paid by Colliery Owners in 1935:
| District. | Royalties, etc. | Local Rates. |
| £ | £ | |
| Scotland | 729,000 | 35,400 (Credit) |
| Northumberland | 319,000 | 36,400 |
| Durham | 691,000 | 108,300 |
| South Wales and Monmouth. | 1,152,000 | 206,500 |
| Yorkshire | 785,000 | 176,900 |
| North Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. | 479,000 | 75,800 |
| Lancashire and Cheshire | 301,000 | 43,500 |
§ Notes.
§ 1. Separate particulars in respect of Derby shire are not available.
§ 2. In Scotland, rates are paid partly by the Colliery and partly by the mineral owner. Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929, the colliery owner receives that part of the rates relief which would normally go to the mineral owner, resulting in a credit balance to the colliery owner.