HC Deb 20 December 1937 vol 330 c1603
46. Mr. Tinker

asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will give the latest figures that he can of the number of persons employed in the mining industry and the output per man-shift worked, and the same figures for 1924?

The Secretary for Mines (Captain Crookshank)

During the first nine months of 1924 and 1937 the average numbers of wage-earners on the colliery books were 1,182,500 and 774,700 respectively. The output per man-shift worked was 17.54 cwts. in the first nine months of 1924 and 23.36 cwts. in the corresponding period of 1937.

Sir W. Davison

Has the hon. and gallant Member any information of the hours worked underground by men and women in the Russian coal mines?