§ Viscount SANDONasked the Secretary for Mines what is the ratio between the numbers of pits closed and new pits opened in each post-War year and the numbers of employés affected thereby?
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§ Colonel LANE FOXThe information is not readily available in the precise form in which the Noble Lord has asked for it, but the numbers of mines under the Coal Mines Act at work and the numbers of persons employed during each of the post-War years were as follow:
Number of Mines at Number of Persons Year Work Employed. 1919 … … 2,843 1,191,313 1920 … … 2,851 1,248,224 1921 … … 3,045 1,144,311 1922 … … 2,911 1,162,754 1923 … … 2,902 1,220,431 1924 … … 2,855 1,230,248 1925 … … 2,721 1,117,828