HC Deb 01 February 1938 vol 331 c6
13 and 14. Mr. R. J. Taylor

asked the Secretary for Mines (1) the average weekly wage paid in the coal mines of Northumberland for the years 1920 up to the latest available date in 1937;

(2) the average pit-head price for the coal industry in Northumberland for the years 1920 to the latest available date in 1937?

The Secretary for Mines (Captain Crookshank)

As this and the following question involve a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, answer them together by circulating a statistical statement in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the statement:

NORTHUMBERLAND.
Year. Average Weekly Cash-earnings (excluding the value of allowances in kind*) per Wage-earner. Average Proceeds per ton of coal disposable commercially.
£ s. d. s. d.
1920 † 4 2 1 48 7
1922 2 2 11 18 6
1923 2 10 11 21 0½
1924 2 8 2 18 7½
1925 2 5 5‡ 14 6¼
1927 2 1 11 12 10 ¾
1928 1 17 5 11 0½
1929 1 18 6 11 8
1930 1 16 10 12 3¾
1931 1 15 10 11 7½
1932 1 18 3 11 2¾
1933 2 0 2 11 2
1934 2 2 2 11 1½
1935 2 2 5 11 6½
1936 2 6 4 12 8
1937 (Jan. to Nov.). 2 8 2 14 2
* Particulars of the value of allowances in kind are only available from 1927. At the present time these amount to about 5s. 6d. per week.
† There was a stoppage at the collieries of two to three weeks during the fourth quarter, and the figures of average weekly cash earnings relate to January to September only.
‡ Including subvention.
NOTE. - Figures are not given for the years 1921 and 1926, when there were protracted disputes in the coal mining industry.