§ Mr. BARKERasked the Secretary for Mines the number of persons killed and the number of persons injured and incapacitated for more than seven days in the mines of the United Kingdom for the five years ended 31st December, 1914, the weight of mineral raised per person 909W killed, and the weight, of mineral raised per person injured during that period; and will he give similar particulars for the five years ending 31st December, 1922.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LANE-FOX:During the five years ended 31st December, 1914, there were on the average 1,495 persons killed each year by mining accidents in the United Kingdom, and 164,150 persons incapacitated for more than seven days. The weight of the mineral raised during this period was 191,909 tons per person killed, and 1,747 tons per person injured. Complete particulars of the mineral raised and persons injured in the year 1922 are not yet available, and information with regard to the number of persons injured in the year 1918 was not collected owing to the exigencies of the War. During the four years ended 31st December, 1921, there were, on the average, 1,125 persons killed each year by mining accidents, and 198,659 tons of mineral were raised per person killed. In the three years ended 31st December, 1921, 107,969 persons, on the average, were disabled for more than seven days, and 2,015 tons of mineral were raised per person injured.