HC Deb 06 June 1939 vol 348 cc184-9
6 and 7. Mr. Dunn

asked the Secretary for Mines (1) the average output per person employed in the Yorkshire coalfield each year from 1920 to the year 1938; how many persons were employed; and the average wages paid per person during the same period?

(2) The number of mines engaged in the production of coal, together with the numbers of persons employed in the Yorkshire coalfield, above and below ground, during the years 1920 to 1938; and further, the comparable figures for the whole British coalfield for the same periods above-mentioned.

The Secretary for Mines (Mr. Geoffrey Lloyd)

As the replies involve a number of figures, I will circulate them in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information:

1. Yorkshire, 1920–38.
Year. Average Number of Wage-earners employed. Average Output of Saleable Coal per Wage-earner. Average Annual Wages per Wage-earner.
Cash. Value of Allowances in Kind.
Tons. £ £ s. d.
1920 … … 172,609 214 215 Not available
1922 … … 178,343 236 Not available
1923 … … 187,421 248
1924 … … 191,712 243
1925 … … 188,272 240
1927 … … 184,922 253 125 4 2 11
1928 … … 172,499 254 113 3 14 4
1929 … … 169,246 278 119 3 14 2
1930 … … 168,111 269 115 3 12 10
1931 … … 160,776 257 109 3 11 10
1932 … … 151,931 257 107 3 12 7
1933 … … 141,116 272 109 3 9 7
1934 … … 139,868 293 114 3 7 11
1935 … … 136,961 304 118 3 7 7
1936 … … 137,007 319 135 3 12 1
1937 … … 139,741 333 150 3 18 5
1938 … … 141,101 308 151 4 3 0
NOTES.
(1)The years 1921 and 1926 have been omitted, as they were affected by prolonged national disputes.
(2)Prior to 1925 the particulars of Persons Employed relate to those ordinarily employed, and subsequently to the average number of Persons on Colliery Books, based upon four selected dates. The figures for the years 1920 –1923 include Clerks and Salaried Persons which cannot be separately distinguished.
2. Number of Coal Mines at work, and the number of Persons Employed above and below ground in Great Britain and Yorkshire in the years 1920 to 1938.
Year. Great Britain. Yorkshire.
Number of Coal Mines at work during the year. Number of Persons Employed. Number of Coal Mines at work during the year. Number of Persons Employed.
Below-ground. Above-ground (including Clerks and Salaried Persons). Total. Below-Ground. Above-ground(including Clerks and Salaried Persons). Total.
1920 2,677 972,838 253,091 1,225,929 298 134,623 37,986 172,609
1921 2,887 907,335 223,346 1,130,681 332 139,706 35,930 175,636
1922 2,762 921,737 226,732 1,148,469 303 142,481 35,862 178,343
1923 2,747 966,136 237,154 1,203,290 296 149,722 37,699 187,421
1924 2,718 966,158 247,566 1,213,724 290 155,014 40,312 195,326
1925 2,586 878,679 223,763 1,102,442 276 152,892 39,064 191,956
1926 2,712 889,977 225,663 1,115,640 288 154,539 39,160 193,699
1927 2,719 814,078 209,808 1,023,886 290 150,973 37,765 188,738
1928 2,398 744,959 194,029 938,988 252 140,750 35,439 176,189
1929 2,273 762,338 194,336 956,674 237 138,428 34,317 172,745
1930 2,186 739,056 192,320 931,376 226 137,331 34,278 171,609
1931 2,096 685,980 181,884 867,864 217 130,864 33,439 164,303
1932 2,017 645,539 173,785 819,324 210 123,312 32,118 155,430
1933 1,986 618,786 170,305 789,091 207 113,679 30,827 144,506
1934 1,982 616,841 171,369 788,210 209 112,318 30,942 143,260
1935 1,930 600,336 169,138 769,474 210 109,766 30,544 140,310
1936 1,930 597,197 169,894 767,091 205 109,687 30,702 140,389
1937 1,964 616,677 175,061 791,738 202 111,619 31,614 143,233
1938 1,976 614,478 176,410 790,888 203 112,377 32,277 144,654
NOTES.
(1)Prior to 1925 the particulars of Persons Employed relate to those ordinarily employed, and subsequently to the average number of Persons on Colliery Books, based upon four selected dates.
(2)In the years 1921 and 1926, there were protracted disputes. The figures for the year 1926 relate to the 13th March.
9. Mr. Daggar

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons employed, including clerks and salaried persons, and output of coal in each of the districts of the mining industry in Great Britain in 1938?

Average Number of Persons Employed (including clerks and salaried persons) and Output of Saleable Coal at Coal Mines in each District of Great Britain in the year 1938.
District. Number of Persons Employed. Output of Saleable Coal.
England and Wales. Tons
1 Northumberland … … 45,600 13,310,518
2 Durham … … 115,520 31,414,973
3 Cumberland and Westmorland … … 6,611 1,568,175
4 Lancashire and Cheshire … … 58,168 14,285,082
5 Yorkshire, South … … 100,204 30,567,734
6 Yorkshire, West … … 44,450 11,806,551
7 Nottinghamshire … … 46,477 15,468,357
8 Derbyshire, North … … 42,430 13,014,015
9 Derbyshire, South … … 3,193 842,976
10 Staffordshire, North … … 23,796 6,940,895
11 Cannock Chase … … 20,213 5,079,494
12 Staffordshire, South, and Worcestershire … … 4,342 1,395,583
13 Leicestershire … … 9,005 2,867,094
14, Warwickshire … … 17,032 5,585,213
15 Shropshire … … 2,522 656,684
16 Forest of Dean … … 4,990 1,349,540
17 Somersetshire … … 3,347 738,197
18 Bristol … … 327 68,576
19 Kent … … 6,781 1,771,104
20 South Wales and Monmouthshire … … 135,970 35,292,748
21 North Wales … … 9,868 2,712,299
Total … … 700,886 196,735,808
Scotland.
22. Fife, Clackmannan, Kinross and Sutherland … 23,030 8,287,810
23 Lothians (Mid and East) and Peebles … … 13,032 4,441,672
24 Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Stirling, Renfrew and Dumbarton. 41,641 13,056,757
25 Ayrshire, Dumfries and Argyll … … 12,299 4,493,261
Total … … 90,002 30,279,500
GREAT BRITAIN … … 790,888 227,015,308
11 and 12. Mr. Cocks

asked the Secretary for Mines (1) the average number of persons employed in the coalmines of Nottinghamshire, and the number of conveyors and coal-cutting machines in operation, for each of the years 1929 to 1938;

(2) the total amount of coal mined in Nottinghamshire, and the amount of coal

Mr. Lloyd

As the reply involves a statistical statement, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the information:

mined by machinery, for each of the 10 years from 1929 to 1938?

Mr. Lloyd

With the hon. Member's permission, I will answer these questions in the form of a statistical table which I will circulate in the Official Report.

Following is the information:

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, 1929–1938.
Year. Average Number of Persons Employed (including Clerks and Salaried Persons). Number of Coal-cutting Machines in use. Number of Conveyors in use. Output of Saleable Coal. Quantity of Coal cut by Machinery.
Tons. Tons.
1929 … … 52,702 338 147 14,738,255 3,937,974
1930 … … 52,393 346 203 14,576,000 4,600,381
1931 … … 51,307 313 221 14,483,415 5,045,872
1932 … … 49,499 309 236 13,549,964 5,141,089
1933 … … 46,969 336 339 13,638,408 7,137,137
1934 … … 46,852 349 400 14,308,552 8,804,415
1935 … … 45,923 356 477 14,015,308 9,449,016
1936 … … 45,538 345 473 15,059,284 10,701,496
1937 … … 45,579 352 512 16,400,410 11,787,077
1938 … … 46,477 340 528 15,468,357 10,839,245