HC Deb 06 December 1938 vol 342 cc982-3
29. Mr. T. Smith

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of underground wage-earners employed in West and South Yorkshire, respectively, at the present time, and for each year since 1920, in

Number of Wage-earners employed underground at Coal Mines in West and South Yorkshire and annual output of saleable coal raised per underground wage-earner for the years 1920–37 (excluding 1921 and 1926).
Year. West Yorkshire. South Yorkshire.
Number of Wage-earners employed below-ground. Output per Wage-earner employed below-ground. Number of Wage-earners employed below-ground. Output per Wage-earner employed below-ground.
Tons. Tons.
1920 … … 54,598 256 80,025 277
1922 … … 53,672 269 88,809 312
1923 … … 56,008 283 93,714 327
1924 … … 56,832 275 98,182 315
1925 … … 53,599 269 99,293 311
1927 … … 50,487 277 100,486 318
1928 … … 44,087 282 96,663 320
1929 … … 41,802 309 96,626 347
1930 … … 40,616 303 96,715 333
1931 … … 39,713 292 91,151 318
1932 … … 38,325 282 84,987 321
1933 … … 34,481 297 79,198 341
1934 … … 34,054 326 78,264 367
1935 … … 33,139 342 76,627 383
1936 … … 32,694 360 76,993 399
1937 … … 33,193 383 78,426 413
NOTES.—(1) Prior to the year 1925 the particulars employed relate to those "ordinarily employed" and subsequently to the average number of persons on Colliery Books based upon four selected dates.
(2) Figures for 1921 and 1926 are not given as in these years there were protracted disputes.
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