HC Deb 28 April 1937 vol 323 cc340-1
65. Mr. Daģģar

asked the Secretary for Mines the earnings per annum per person employed and the total wage bill in the mining industry in 1936?

The Secretary for Mines (Captain Crookshank)

For the year 1936 the average cash earnings per wage-earner employed in the coal mines in Great Britain were £131 4s. 1d. and the estimated total amount of wages paid £97,300,000. The average value of allowances in kind was £5 1s. 4d. per wage-earner and the estimated total value £3,765,000.

66. Mr. Daģģar

asked the Secretary for Mines the total quantity and percentage of coal cut by machinery in South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1936?

Captain Crookshank

During 1936, 7,151,019 tons of coal, representing 21 per cent. of the total output, were cut by machinery in South Wales and Monmouthshire.

67. Mr. Daggar

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal-cutting machines in use, the number of conveyors in use at the coal face, the total output of coal obtained by machines, and the percentage of coal cut by machines in the mines of Great Britain for the year 1936?

Captain Crookshank

During 1936, 7,600 coal-cutting machines were in use, and 125,570,354 tons of coal, representing 55 per cent. of the total output, were cut by machinery in Great Britain. The number of conveyors in use at the coalface was 4,966.