HC Deb 19 April 1937 vol 322 c1425
51. Mr. Daggar

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of boys under 16 years of age killed and injured at mines in Great Britain in 1935 and 1936, respectively?

Captain Crookshank

In 1935, 30 boys under 16 years of age were killed by accidents at mines under the Coal Mines Act, and 6,036 were disabled for more than three days. In 1936, 29 boys were killed, but corresponding particulars of disablement are not yet available.