§ 50. Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines the average output per person employed in South Wales and Monmouthshire; and also the average wages paid per person in 1936?
§ The Secretary for Mines (Captain Crookshank)During the year ended 31st January, 1937, the average output of saleable coal per wage-earner employed in mines in South Wales and Monmouthshire was 271 tons, and the average cash earnings per person employed during the same period was £126. The average value of allowances in kind was £2 19s. 4d. per wage-earner.
§ 52. Mr. Daggarasked the Secretary for Mines the quantity of coal produced 1425 in Great Britain, the quantity per person employed below ground, and the amount per person employed for the years 1929 to 1936, respectively?
§ 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:
| Great Britain. | ||||
| Year. | Output of Saleable Coal. | Output of Saleable Coal per Wage-earner employed. | ||
| Below-ground. | Above- and Below-ground. | |||
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | ||
| 1929 | … | 257,906,802 | 338 | 275 |
| 1930 | … | 243,881,824 | 330 | 267 |
| 1931 | … | 219,458,951 | 320 | 258 |
| 1932 | … | 208,733,140 | 323 | 260 |
| 1933 | … | 207,112,243 | 335 | 268 |
| 1934 | … | 220,726,298 | 358 | 286 |
| 1935 | … | 222,248,822 | 370 | 295 |
| 1936 | … | 228,448,356 | 383 | 304 |
§ 54. Mr. Bateyasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines producing coal in County Durham during 192o and 1937; also the number of miners employed during the same periods?
§ Captain CrookshankIn 1920, 256 mines produced coal in Durham and the average number of wage-earners employed was 171,600. At the beginning of April, 1937, there were 199 mines and 112,800 wage-earners.