HC Deb 23 May 1939 vol 347 cc2062-3
10. Mr. Daggar

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal-cutting machines, and the number of conveyors in the mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1938?

Mr. Lloyd

During the year 1938, 535 coal-cutting machines and 1,306 conveyors were in use at mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, in South Wales and Monmouthshire.

11. Mr. Daggar

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of fatal accidents and non-fatal accidents to boys under 16 years of age in the mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire in 1938?

Mr. Lloyd

During the year 1938, two boys under 16 years of age were killed by accidents at mines under the Coal Mines Act, 1911, in South Wales and Monmouthshire. The number injured and disabled for more than three days is not yet available.

Mr. Kirkwood

Will the Secretary for Mines, when he carries out his inspection referred to in his answer to the first question on the Paper, pay particular attention to the mechanisation that is going on in the mines, and see to it that the inspectorate is largely drawn from men who have engineering and workshop experience?

Mr. Lloyd

I will consider that point.

12. Mr. Daggar

asked the Secretary for Mines the average output per person employed in the mining industry in South Wales and Monmouthshire from 1920 each year to 1938; and also the average wages paid per person for the same period?

Mr. Lloyd

As the reply involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon.

SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE.
Year. Average output of Saleable Coal per Wage-earner. Average Annual Wages per Wage-earner.
Cash. Value of Allowances in Kind.
Tons. £ £ s. d.
1920 … … … 173 252
1922 … … … 221 127
1923 … … … 224 136 Not available.
1924 … … … 213 139
1925 … … … 210 139
1927 … … … 240 124 3 8 1
1928 … … … 267 126 3 2 9
1929 … … … 278 129 2 15 3
1930 … … … 247 117 2 15 7
1931 … … … 250 115 2 19 0
1932 … … … 245 113 2 18 8
1933 … … … 249 114 2 17 4
1934 … … … 261 119 2 18 0
1935 … … … 269 123 2 18 0
1936 … … … 271 126 2 19 4
1937 … … … 283 143 3 1 7
1938 … … … 264 144 3 7 1
Notes.
The particulars for the years 1927 to 1938, relate to the years ended 31st January, 1928, to 1939.
The years 1921 and 1926 have been omitted, as the were affected by prolonged national disputes.